Legal Opinion
Mobil Oil Corporation v. Board of Adjustment
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided October 26, 1971PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STIFTEL, President Judge.
Mobil Oil Company wants to build a gasoline filling station on the northwest corner of James and Justice Streets in the Town of Newport, Delaware. For this purpose, it has leased this property from Jennings Wroten and his wife and filed for a building permit 1 with the Town. The permit was denied by the Building Inspector and Mobil appealed to the Town Board of Adjustment for a variance from a provision in an ordinance which forbids the construction of a filling station “within two hundred (200) feet of any lot line of any plot on which is located a gasoline filling…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McQuail v. Shell Oil CompanySupreme Court of Delaware · 1962
- Lawfred Realty Service Corp. v. WatersNew York Supreme Court · 1958
- Caudill v. Village of MilfordClermont County Court of Common Pleas · 1967
- City of Miami v. WysongDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
- LaSalle National Bank v. Village of SkokieAppellate Court of Illinois · 1969
3Cited by5 opinions
- Mellow v. Board of AdjustmentSuperior Court of Delaware · 1988
- Lucky Stores, Inc. v. Board of AppealsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
- Exxon Co. v. Bernardsville Bd. of Adj.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1984
- Green v. County Planning & Zon. Com'n of Sussex Cty.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1974
- Brandywine Park Condominium Council v. Members of Wilmington Zoning Board of AdjustmentSuperior Court of Delaware · 1987