Court of Appeals of Maryland September 11, 1979, No. 2 (Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission v. Chadwick)

Murphy, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The central issue in this case is whether the appellant, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (the Commission), by placing the appellees’ land in public “reservation” without their consent for a period not to exceed three years, as authorized by § 50-31 (a) of the Montgomery County Code (1972, 1977 Repl. Vol.