Legal Opinion
De Pace v. Mayor and Council of Wilmington
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 1, 1950No. 2PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Richards, Chief Justice.
It is not denied that the statute incorporating “The Mayor and Council of the City of Wilmington,” and the amendments thereto, confers jurisdiction and control over the streets of Wilmington, with the power to adopt resolutions regulating their use, upon the “Board of Directors of the Street and Sewer Department”. 17 Laws of Delaware, Chapter 207, 18 Laws of Delaware, Chapter 188, 22 Laws of Delaware, Chapter 406, 37 Laws of Delaware, Chapter 135 ; Cutrona v. Mayor and Council of Wilmington, 14 Del. Ch. 434, 127 A. 421.
The regulation in question is found in the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cohen v. . Mayor, Etc., of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Chase v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- Carlson v. DowgielewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Commonwealth v. FentonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Pugh v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. HobsonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1951
- State v. RushSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- State v. PerrySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- Aprile v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1958
- Aprile v. StateSuperior Court of Delaware · 1958
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