Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control v. Phillips
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided March 1, 1979PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTNETT, Vice Chancellor.
This case is presently before me on the plaintiff’s (“State”) Motion For Summary Judgment. This action was filed almost 12 years ago by the State which seeks to assert its claimed title to approximately 13 acres of ocean front property lying just north of the Delaware-Maryland line in Sussex County. The State contends that it has been vested with title to the land, as the sovereign, since declaring its independence from Great Britain in 1776. The claim of the defendants is now based primarily on their claimed sole and exclusive possession since 1939, and of their…
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Aprahamian v. HBO & Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1987
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- Phillips v. State ex rel. Department of Natural Resources & Environmental ControlSupreme Court of Delaware · 1982
- E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Admiral Insurance Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1989
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