Welshire, Inc. v. Harbison

Southerland, Chief Justice,

delivering the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Welshire, Incorporated (herein “plaintiff”), the owner of a tract of land in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, lying to the northeast of the junction of the Carr and Shipley Roads, planned to create an attractive residential development upon the tract. On April 5, 1937, plaintiff prepared a tentative plan or plot of the tract, upon which the land was divided into building lots of an average frontage of 150 feet. On July 8, 1937, plaintiff, by means of a conveyance to and reconveyance from another person, imposed…