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COMMISSIONERS OF LEWES v. JESTER

127 A.2d 229 (1956)

COMMISSIONERS OF LEWES, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff, v. Norman JESTER, Joseph Kollock, and Frank Dawson, composing the Board of Assessment of Sussex County; Louis V. Spencer, the Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer for Sussex County; and Clarence Lingo, Levi Warrington, and Victor Adams, composing the Levy Court of Sussex County, Defendants. The CITY OF SEAFORD, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff, v. Norman JESTER, Joseph Kollock, and Frank Dawson, composing the Board of Assessment of Sussex County; Louis V. Spencer, the Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer for Sussex County; and Clarence Lingo, Levi Warrington, and Victor Adams, composing the Levy Court of Sussex County, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, Sussex.

November 20, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Tunnell, Jr., of Tunnell & Tunnell, Georgetown, for plaintiffs.

Daniel J. Layton, Sr., and H. Edward Maull, Georgetown, for defendants.

MARVEL, Vice Chancellor.

These actions, brought by municipal corporations against certain officers of Sussex County, seek primarily to enjoin defendants from levying and collecting taxes assessed against real property owned by the plaintiff corporations and their agents in Sussex County. Plaintiffs, who are the Commissioners of Lewes and The City of Seaford, contend that all of their real property is exempt from county taxation...

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