Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. State Highway Department v. Morris

Superior Court of Delaware

Decided November 24, 1952No. 301PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Herrmann, J.,

charged the Commissioners, in part, as follows:

The compensation to which the defendants are entitled is the difference between the market value of their property as a whole immediately before and unaffected by the taking and the market value of the remainder of their property immediately after and as affected by the taking. In adjusting this difference, the parties are entitled to have you consider the value of the property for all available uses and purposes, including the best and most valuable use.

' In deciding the issue of just compensation, you should take into consideration…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Huber v. SteelCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1924

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Board of Education v. 13 Acres of Land in Brandywine Hundred, Vivien J., Inc.Superior Court of Delaware · 1957
  2. State v. PutmanSuperior Court of Delaware · 1988
  3. 0.744 of an Acre of Land v. State Ex Rel. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Delaware · 1969
  4. 0.089 OF AN ACRE OF LAND, ETC. v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1958
  5. Acierno v. State Ex Rel. Secretary of the Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Delaware · 1994

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