Legal Opinion
5.97752 Acres of Land in New Castle County v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided June 23, 1964No. 17PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wolcott, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court setting aside an award by Condemnation Commissioners and granting a new trial.
The State condemned six acres of the defendant’s land for highway construction purposes. The six acres in question were part of a farm of 198 acres on which the defendant lived and operated a farm. The land had a gravel-bearing strata throughout and a portion of the land in the past was operated by the defendant as a gravel pit.
Prior to the trial of the issue of just compensation certain pre-trial rulings were made. Inter alla, it was ruled that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pitts v. WhiteSupreme Court of Delaware · 1954
- Trowell v. Diamond Supply Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1952
- Larrimore v. Homeopathic Hospital Ass'n of Del.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1962
- Trowell v. Diamond Supply Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1952
- State v. 0.15 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1961
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Storey v. CamperSupreme Court of Delaware · 1979
- Werner v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Peters v. GelbSupreme Court of Delaware · 1973
- 16.50, 10.04629, 3.34, 1.84, 5.97741, 3.94 and 7.49319 Acres of Land v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1965
- State Ex Rel. State Highway Department v. J. H. Wilkerson & Son, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1971
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