Legal Opinion

State v. 0.62033 Acres of Land in Christiana Hundred

Superior Court of Delaware

Decided December 7, 1954No. 842, Civil Action, 1954PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Herrmann, J.:

Under the power of eminent domain conferred in 17 Del. C. § 138, 1 the State Highway Department seeks to take certain real property owned by the defendants.

The proceeding was instituted under the condemnation procedural Statute, 10 Del. C. Ch. 61. The plaintiffs filed a complaint, made a deposit of estimated just compensation and filed a notice of intention to take possession of the property sought to be condemned. See 10 Del. C. §§ 6102, 6105 and 6110. Copies of the complaint, the certificate of deposit and the notice of intention were served upon the defendants simultaneously…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kansas Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. United States v. CarmackSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Rindge Co. v. County of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  4. Dornan v. Philadelphia Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  5. Wilton v. County St. JohnsSupreme Court of Florida · 1929

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Arnold v. EdelmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
  2. State v. 0.62033 Acres of Land in Christiana HundredSupreme Court of Delaware · 1955
  3. City of Phoenix v. McCulloughCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1975
  4. Cannon v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2002
  5. Tusso v. SmithSupreme Court of Delaware · 1960

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