SINGEWALD v. GIRDEN


127 A.2d 607 (1956)

Joseph T. SINGEWALD, Jr., Carl Singewald, H. Elmer Singewald, Quentin D. Singewald and Joseph T. Singewald, Jr., Carl Singewald, H. Elmer Singewald, Quentin D. Singewald, Trustees under the will of Joseph T. Singewald and Carl Singewald, executor under the will of Joseph T. Singewald, and The State of Delaware, Plaintiffs, v. Rhoda B. GIRDEN, Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, Sussex.

November 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Howard Thompson, Georgetown, for plaintiffs, other than the State.

Daniel J. Layton, Sr., Special Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State of Delaware.

Houston Wilson, Georgetown, for defendant.


SEITZ, Chancellor.

Plaintiffs seek a mandatory injunction directing the defendant to remove a cottage which, according to plaintiffs, her predecessors in title placed in what was later made the bed of a public street in a seashore development known as "Dewey Beach". The defendant claims that she owns the property on which her cottage is located by reason of adverse possession or, in any event, there are other defenses to the action.

Based upon an earlier opinion...

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