Legal Opinion
Powell v. Levy Court of Kent County
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided November 6, 1967PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court removing Harold Powell, the appellant, as a member of the Board of Assessment of Kent County. The action of the Levy Court was taken pursuant to 9 Del.C. § 8210, which authorizes removal of a member of the Board of Assessment for “sufficient cause”. The asserted cause for the removal of Powell was the requirement of 9 Del.C. § 8202, first enacted in 1920, that no two members of the Board of Assessment “shall be residents of the same Senatorial District.”
The facts of the cause are that in January, 1965, the Levy Court…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sincock v. DuffyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1963
- Sincock v. TerryDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1962
- Sincock v. TerryDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1962
- Perkins v. WinslowSuperior Court of Delaware · 1926
- State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Delaware · 1963
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