Legal Opinion
City of Wilmington Ex Rel. Water Department v. Lord
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided September 6, 1974PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’HARA, Judge.
This is a condemnation action brought by the City of Wilmington in an effort to acquire a site on the Greenhill Golf Course for the construction of a 500,000 gallon elevated water tank. Certain of the named defendants have responded to the action and have filed a motion to dismiss.
By deed dated December 18, 1958, William duPont, Jr. and Margaret Osborne duPont, his wife, made a gift to the City of Wilmington of a tract of land now known as the Greenhill Golf Course. Included in the deed was a restriction that “[t]he foregoing conveyance is made upon the condition that the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bernstein v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Hyland v. City of EugeneOregon Supreme Court · 1946
- Piekarski v. SmithSupreme Court of Delaware · 1959
- City of Torrington v. ColesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- McVean v. City of ElkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1944
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3Cited by2 opinions
- City of Wilmington v. LordSupreme Court of Delaware · 1977
- Lord v. City of WilmingtonCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1975