GRAVES v. COMMISSIONER OF LEWES


144 A.2d 879 (1958)

Henry G. GRAVES, Plaintiff, and Marion C. Graves, Claire G. Connaway, Elizabeth G. Hanna, Lewis B. Graves, Jr., and Alfred G. Graves, Intervening Plaintiffs, v. COMMISSIONERS OF LEWES, a municipality of the State of Delaware in Sussex County, Defendant, and Lewes Sand Company, Intervening Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, Sussex.

September 22, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Layton and Daniel J. Layton, Jr., Georgetown, for plaintiff.

Donald W. Booker, Wilmington, for intervening plaintiffs.

Samuel R. Russell, Wilmington, for defendant.

James M. Tunnell, Jr., Wilmington, for intervening defendant.


MARVEL, Vice Chancellor.

Plaintiff seeks an order requiring the Commissioners of Lewes to renew a certain agreement dated October 20, 1936, pursuant to a provision thereof granting plaintiff and his brother1 "* * * the privilege of renewal for a further period of twenty years * * *" on the giving of notice of such intention 90 days before the expiration of the original term. The October 20, 1936, agreement purported to grant the plaintiff...

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