Lee Builders, Inc. v. Wells

Bramhall, Vice-Chancellor:

The new matter which defendants desire to present in support of their motions is substantially as follows:

The Commissioners of the Town of Elsmere after the granting of the building permit to plaintiff, permitting plaintiff to erect a supermarket on the premises which this court has held that defendants must convey to plaintiff, passed an ordinance providing for the revocation of building permits in which work has not begun within a stated period of time after the granting of the permit. Based upon this ordinance the building permit granted to plaintiff was revoked.…