Legal Opinion
Mayor & Council v. Recony Sales & Engineering Corp.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided October 10, 1962No. 28PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Terry, J.:
This is an appeal from that part of an Order of the Superior Court which denied certain exceptions of defendant, The Mayor & Council of Wilmington, to a statement of claim for a mechanic’s lien, and which also ordered stricken the affirmative defenses set forth in the answer of that defendant, which were identical to those exceptions. These exceptions were as follows:
1. The bill of particulars annexed to the statement of claim was not legally sufficient.
2. A mechanic’s lien cannot be imposed upon and enforced against public property acquired and used for public purposes.
3. The…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pittman-Berger Co. v. ParkinsonSuperior Court of Delaware · 1935
- George W. Emory & Co. v. Commissioners of the Town of LaurelSuperior Court of Delaware · 1900
- McClelland v. Mayor and Council of WilmingtonCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1960
- Oliphant v. State Board of EducationSuperior Court of Delaware · 1924
- France v. WoolstonSuperior Court of Delaware · 1873
3Cited by8 opinions
- Department of Community Affairs & Economic Development v. M. Davis & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1980
- North Bay Construction Inc. v. City of PetalumaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
- City of Wilmington v. General Teamsters Local Union 326Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1972
- Comstock & Davis, Inc. v. City of Eden PrairieCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
- Charles G. Taylor & Sons, Inc. v. Brentwood Construction Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1963
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