0.106 of an Acre of Land in Brandywine Hundred v. State ex rel. Smith

Wolcott, J.:

The facts giving rise to this litigation are briefly stated. The appellants are owners of a tract of land lying along the northerly side of the Concord Pike near Talleyville in New Castle County. In 1954 the State Highway Department approved as a part of its 1954 construction program the widening of the Concord Pike from Talleyville to the Pennsylvania State Line, and engaged an engineering firm to prepare plans for the project and to make all field surveys, designs, etc. These plans were completed and submitted to the Chief Engineer of the State Highway Department. The plans…