Legal Opinion
Banks v. Wilmington Terminal Co.
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided December 17, 1941No. 168PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rodney, J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
Just when the river banks were first erected does not affirmatively appear, but it seems clear that they were erected long prior to 1898, the date of the statute here involved, and that they were erected at the expense of the owners. It is likewise admitted that no houses or buildings are erected on said lands, so that these pertinent provisions of the statute of 1898 seem to have been met.
Between the years 1906 and 1910, two fills were made on the property fronting along the Delaware River, covering a tract approximately bounded on the North by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Borax Consolidated, Ltd. v. Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Mayor v. Riverview Cemetery Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1937
- City of Los Angeles v. Borax Consolidated LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
- Delaware Registration Trust Co. v. Delaware Forge & Steel Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1927
- Teeter v. Mid-West Enterprise Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Banks v. Wilmington Terminal Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1942
- White v. WhiteSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1837