State v. Improved Parcel of Land

Lynch, J.:

We must at all times recognize that condemnation proceedings in this state are governed by statute and the several provisions of the statute must be considered in determining any question of evidence arising in the course of trial, and by the same token our statute, 10 Del. C. Ch. 61, may make a big difference in the evaluation of an authority or precedent cited from some other state.

For example, defendants place great reliance in a question, hereafter considered, on the case of In re Blackwell’s Island Bridge Approach, 198 N. Y. 84, 91 N. E. 278, 41 L. R. A., N. S., 411 (Ct. of A.,…