Legal Opinion
Town of Seaford v. Eastern Shore Public Service Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided November 26, 1937PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
This cause is now in such condition as to parties that all possible interests will be concluded by its determination.
No attempt has been made by the intervener to re-argue the questions heretofore decided by the opinions to which reference is made in the preliminary statement above made. I adhere to the views upon the law as enunciated in those two opinions.
The Pennsylvania Company raised some new contentions which will be presently noted and passed upon.
The first company to use “the streets of Seaford with poles and wires for the furnishing of electricity was a company called…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- City of Owensboro v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- City of Louisville v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Ghee v. . Northern Union Gas Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- People Ex Rel. City of Olean v. Western New York & Pennsylvania Traction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Detroit United Railway v. City of DetroitSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Roanoke Marble & Granite Co. v. Standard Gas & Oil Supply Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1930
- Bass v. Metropolitan West Side El. R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1897
- Eastern Shore Public Service Co. v. Town of SeafordSupreme Court of Delaware · 1938
- Artesian Water Co. v. State, Department of Highways & TransportationSuperior Court of Delaware · 1974
- County of Prince William v. Thomason Park, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1956
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