Legal Opinion
Wilmington Housing Authority ex rel. Simeone v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided March 6, 1945PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Layton, Chief Justice:
Wilmington Housing Authority is a Public Authority established under the provisions of the State Housing Law, Ch. 160, Rey. Code 1935, the broad design of which was to correct unsanitary housing conditions which menace the public welfare. Property of an Authority is public property, and its real property is declared exempt from the operation of judicial process. Ch. 241, Vol. 43, Del. Laws. The building projects of an Authority are properly classifiable as public improvements.
3119, Sec. 19 of the Code provides that before a contract for any public improvement shall be…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Hill v. American Surety Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Mankin v. United States Ex Rel. Ludowici-Celadon Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Garford Motor Truck Co. v. BucksonSuperior Court of Delaware · 1927
- Board of Public Education v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1930
- Merchants Union Trust Co. v. New Philadelphia Graphite Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1912
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3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. Fidelity and Deposit Company of MarylandSupreme Court of Delaware · 1963
- State Ex Rel. Certain-Teed Products Corp. v. United Pacific InsuranceSuperior Court of Delaware · 1978