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Alvin Jenkins v. City of College Park No. 37, September Term, 2003 Headnote: The Court of Appea ls held that it could not reach the question of whether the City's motion to intervene was timely before a determination of the validity of the City's alleged title in th e property. As the record in this case was incomplete, the Court remanded the case to the trial court to resolve all title issues. The trial cou rt abused its discretion in denying the City's motion for consolidation of its case with an alleged adverse possessor's cases because the cases need to be consolidated in order to remove all clouds on the title to the prop erty.

Circuit Co urt for Prince George 's County Case #CAE97-13340

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 37 September Term, 2003

Alvin F. Jenkins v. City of College Park

Bell, C. J. *Eldridge Raker Wilner Cathell Battaglia Rodowsky, Lawrence F. (retired, specially assigned), JJ.

Opinion by Cathell, J.

Filed: December 19, 2003
*Eldridge, J., now retired, participated in the hearing and conference of this case while an active member of this Court; after being recalled pursuant to the Constitution, Article IV, Section 3A, he also participated in the decision and adoption of this opinion.

This case conc erns a parc el of prope rty located within the city of College P ark, in which both the City of College Park, respondent, and Alvin F. Jenkins, pe titioner, claim to own an interest. Petitioner claimed a right to the property in question by adverse possession in two separate actions to quiet title in the Circuit Court for Prince George's C oun ty. Petitioner served process by publication pursuant to Md. Rule 2-1221 after filing affida vits asserting that no other persons claimed a right to the pro perty in question and that all persons appearing to have an interest in the property we re named defenda nts whos e wherea bouts

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