Legal Opinion
0.089 OF AN ACRE OF LAND, ETC. v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided October 9, 1958No. 11, 1958PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bramhall, J.:
The appeal in this case concerns the alleged inadequacy of an award by the Condemnation Commissioners in determining the value of certain land of appellants taken by the State under condemnation proceedings. Appellants contend that in refusing to divide the property into two separate parts for the purpose of ascertaining appellants’ damage, the Condemnation Commissioners failed to consider the best and most available use to which appellants’ property was reasonably adaptable.
Appellants, since 1936, have been the owners of a tract of land on New Castle Avenue, near the city of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re Widening of Fulton StreetMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
- State v. ChaseSuperior Court of Delaware · 1957
- Board of Education v. 13 Acres of Land in Brandywine Hundred, Vivien J., Inc.Superior Court of Delaware · 1957
- Pruner v. State Highway CommissionerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
- In re City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Delmarva Power & Light Co. v. City of SeafordSupreme Court of Delaware · 1990
- Hetland v. CapaldiSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
- 1.67 Acres of Land v. State Ex Rel. AllenSupreme Court of Delaware · 1967
- Wilmington Housing Authority v. Nos. 312-314 East Eighth StreetSuperior Court of Delaware · 1963
- State ex rel. Commissioner of the Department of Correction v. RittenhouseSupreme Court of Delaware · 1993
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