Legal Opinion

Hackendorn v. Mahan

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided October 19, 1939PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The Chancellor :

This is a bill to restrain the continued obstruction of a lane leading in a Southerly direction from the eastern boundary of the complainants’ property in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, to the Barley Road in the same Hundred and County, and over which lane they claim a right-of-way.

The defendants, the owners of adjoining property, have taken possession of a portion of the lane in question, and have obstructed the northern end of it by shrubbery and a wire fence, preventing access to the complainants’ property, though the evidence clearly shows that the de*233fendants…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Smith v. RowlandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  2. Reiver v. VoshellCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1932
  3. Maloney v. JohnsonCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1939
  4. Simmons v. . CrisfieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
  5. Jarman v. FreemanNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1912

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Burris v. CrossSuperior Court of Delaware · 1990
  2. Vandeleigh Industries, LLC v. Storage Partners of Kirkwood, LLCSupreme Court of Delaware · 2006
  3. Richard Paul, Inc. v. Union Improvement Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1952
  4. Richard Paul, Inc. v. Union Improvement Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1952
  5. Latham v. GarnerIdaho Supreme Court · 1983

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