HOFMEISTER v. FRANK REALTY CO.

No. 152, September Term, 1976.

35 Md. App. 691 (1977)

373 A.2d 273

JOHN HOFMEISTER ET AL. v. THE FRANK REALTY COMPANY.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F.C. Marlow, Jr., with whom was F. Vernon Boozer on the brief, for appellants.

E. Stephen Derby, with whom were Piper & Marbury and Nolan, Plumhoff & Williams on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MOYLAN and LOWE, JJ.


MOYLAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

If the imprecise use of language plagues the law generally, it falls upon the head of the zoning law with peculiar vengeance. The root problem giving rise to the present appeal was the failure of the lawmaking authorities of Baltimore County to distinguish cleanly between the Genus "Special Exceptions" and the Species "Special Exceptions." The phrase was used in one critical context, at least, with a broad, generic meaning...

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