Legal Opinion

Singewald v. Girden

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided March 7, 1958PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Seitz, Chancellor:

By this action plaintiffs, The State of Delaware and the owners of an abutting property, seek a mandatory injunction directing the defendant to remove a cottage which is located in the bed of a public street in a seashore development known as “Dewey Beach”. In a prior opinion, Singewald v. Girden, 36 Del.Ch. 152, 127 A.2d 607, 616, this court determined that the street in question, McKinley Avenue, was duly dedicated and accepted on behalf of the public action taken in 1915 and that title to the land in question had not been lost by adverse possession prior to that time. The…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Reilly v. City of RacineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Singewald v. GirdenCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1956
  3. Singewald v. GirdenCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1956

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Newton v. Hornblower, Inc.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1978
  2. Oberhelman v. Barnes Investment Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1984
  3. Hank Thorp, Inc. v. Minilite, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1979
  4. Singewald v. GirdenCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1958

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