Mayor, Etc., of Wilmington v. Cathedral Cemetery Co.

Herrmann, J.:

The plaintiff seeks determination of the validity of sewer and paving assessment liens upon land owned by the defendant at 12th and Madison Streets in Wilmington. The sewer assessment was made in 1900 and the paving assessment was made in 1922. Prior to the commencement of this action, no attempt has ever been made to enforce the assessments.

In 1852, a portion of the land here involved was conveyed to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia in trust “for the use of the Roman Catholics of the Parish of Wilmington in the State of Delaware as and for a cemetery or place for…