Legal Opinion
Bancroft v. Mayor of Wilmington
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided February 15, 1924PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
On September 28, 1889, William P.
Bancroft and wife and Samuel Bancroft and wife, being the *186owners of a tract of land located in Christiana Hundred, outside the corporate limits of the City of Wilmington, conveyed over five and three-fourths acres thereof to the City of Wilmington for the purpose of a public park. At the time of this conveyance the statute law of the State authorized the City of Wilmington to acquire by gift, devise or purchase lands within the corporate limits or within two miles from the boundary thereof for public park purposes.
In the deed of the Bancrofts to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Coit v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
- Ryan v. North Alaska Salmon Co.California Supreme Court · 1908
- Walker v. City of RichmondCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- In re Third, Fourth & Fifth Avenues, SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1908
- Miners' Bank v. ClarkSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Spoerl v. Township of PennsaukenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1954
- New Castle County v. Mayor of New CastleSupreme Court of Delaware · 1977
- Hearn Brothers, Inc. v. City of NewarkSuperior Court of Delaware · 1969