Legal Opinion
14.098 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Brandywine Hundred v. Board of Education
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided April 10, 1970PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAREY, Justice.
The appellants, Marion L. Rentz and Harry E. Rentz, Jr., her husband, Ernest Lodge Vail, and Franklin G. Banks, Guardian of Ernest Lodge Vail, are the defendants in a condemnation suit brought by appellee, Board of Education of Claymont Special School District, in Superior Court. Appellants owned a tract of land in Brandy-wine Hundred which the appellee needed for school purposes. The award made after trial amounted to somewhat over $10,000 per acre, in accordance with appellee’s evi dence. See Del., 251 A.2d 835. Appellants’ evidence tended to show a value of about $18,000 or…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- 0.040 Acres of Land v. State Ex Rel. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Delaware · 1964
- Rock v. Antoine's, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1964
- 1.77 Acres of Land v. State Ex Rel. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Delaware · 1969
- Board of Education of the Claymont Special School District v. 14.098 Acres of LandSuperior Court of Delaware · 1969
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