Legal Opinion
Eastern Shore Public Service Co. v. Town of Seaford
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided June 11, 1936PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
The questions which the bill and rule for injunction present arise out of proceedings taken by the town of Seaford looking to the authorization of a bond issue in the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to raise funds for the installation of a municipally owned electric light plant. The proceedings are claimed by the defendants to be in all respects legal and in conformity with provisions of the act (39 Del. Laws, c. 25, § 4) approved December 14, 1933, amending the charter of the town.
The bill assails the proceedings in question as not conforming to the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of Albuquerque v. Water Supply Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1918
- City of Leavenworth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
- Hoyt v. City of East SaginawMichigan Supreme Court · 1869
- Percival v. City of CovingtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
- Beers v. City of WatertownSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1920
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Haddock v. Board of Public EducationCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1951
- Haddock v. Board of Public Education in WilmingtonCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1951
- Grove v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Interstate Power Co. v. Forest CitySupreme Court of Iowa · 1938
- Town of Seaford v. Eastern Shore Public Service Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1942
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