Legal Opinion

Pruett v. Dayton

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided March 13, 1961PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Seitz, Chancellor:

The plaintiffs are Llangollen Club and certain residents of Llangollen Estates. They seek a preliminary injunction preventing defendants from continuing the operation of a sanitary land-fill on property adjoining their residential development. The members of the Levy Court are made defendants because, pursuant to statute, they leased the land in question for the use now being made of it. Also, pursuant to statute, the Levy Court entered into a contract with the defendant, Land-Fill, Inc., under which Land-Fill is responsible for the operation (9 Del.C. § 2401 et seq., as…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Nehrbas v. Incorporated Village of Lloyd HarborNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
  2. City of Denver v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
  3. Chardkoff Junk Co. v. City of TampaSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
  4. O'Brien v. Town of GreenburghNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
  5. City of West Point v. MeadowsMississippi Supreme Court · 1959

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. City of Pittsburgh v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. A1A Mobile Home Park, Inc. v. Brevard CountyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
  3. South Hill Sewer District v. Pierce CountyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1979
  4. Pruett v. DaytonCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1961
  5. State Highway Department v. RobertsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1965

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