Legal Opinion
16.50, 10.04629, 3.34, 1.84, 5.97741, 3.94 and 7.49319 Acres of Land v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 26, 1965No. 12, 13 and 14PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.
These are three appeals, consolidated for argument, from orders entered by the Superior Court in three condemnation actions brought by the State Highway Department. The answers filed by the defendants, Conrad’s Company, Newport Land and Investment Company, and Walter and Pearl E. Erhart, set up affirmative defenses and counterclaims seeking in effect to assert claims in trespass against the State for the tortious taking of valuable materials from the land which they claim to own; that a portion of the land claimed by Conrad’s Compnay was being taken for a nonpublic use,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Roberts v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Wilmington Housing Authority v. HarrisSuperior Court of Delaware · 1952
- Chrysler Corporation v. DannSuperior Court of Delaware · 1961
- 5.97752 Acres of Land in New Castle County v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1964
- Delaware R. v. WeeksDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1923
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3Cited by5 opinions
- 9.88 Acres of Land v. State Ex Rel. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Delaware · 1971
- State v. PerrySuperior Court of Delaware · 1990
- 489.137 Square Feet of Land v. State Ex Rel. PriceSupreme Court of Delaware · 1969
- State Ex Rel. State Highway Department v. J. H. Wilkerson & Son, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1971
- State Ex Rel. Price v. 2.7089 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.Superior Court of Delaware · 1969