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Campbell v. Commissioners of Bethany Beach

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided March 17, 1958PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wolcott, Justice:

This is an appeal from the denial after final hearing by the Court of Chancery of Sussex County of an injunction to prevent the Commissioners of the Town of Bethany Beach and the members of the State Highway Department from constructing a new state highway through Bethany Beach.

*236The proposed highway through Bethany Beach is a part of State Route 14 extending southward from Dewey Beach to the Maryland State Line, and ultimately to Ocean City, Maryland, paralleling the Atlantic Coast at a distance of several hundred feet to the westward.

Bethany Beach is primarily a summer resort…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rickards v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1950
  2. Mayor of Wilmington v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1947
  3. Klaw v. Pau-Mar Construction CompanySupreme Court of Delaware · 1957
  4. Lynch v. Town Council of GeorgetownCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1935

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. McQuail v. Shell Oil CompanySupreme Court of Delaware · 1962
  2. Piekarski v. SmithCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1959
  3. Green v. County Planning & Zon. Com'n of Sussex Cty.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1974
  4. Campbell v. Commissioners of Town of Bethany BeachSupreme Court of Delaware · 1958
  5. Piekarski v. SmithCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1958

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