Wells v. Housing Authority of the City of Wilmington

Tbe plaintiff contends that chapter 456 of tbe Public Laws of 1935, known as tbe Housing Authorities Act of 1935, is unconstitutional, since tbe purposes sought to be accomplished by tbe act are not of a public nature, that tbe body created under it has not been given any governmental function and is not a municipal corporation; that tbe city of Wilmington is without power to convey any of its property to this corporation, and that tbe property, in tbe bands of tbe corporation, if conveyed, would not be exempt from taxation.

These contentions are somewhat sketchily supported by argument and…