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LAYTON v. PITTARD

150 A.2d 329 (1959)

Halsted P. LAYTON and Jennie H. J. Layton, Plaintiffs, v. George Robert PITTARD, Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, Sussex.

April 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Houston Wilson and W. Howard Thompson, Georgetown, for plaintiffs.

Daniel J. Layton, Jr., Georgetown, for defendant.

SEITZ, Chancellor.

Plaintiffs instituted this action on March 4, 1953. The delay in bringing this matter to trial must be attributed to counsel. Since about 1921 plaintiffs have been record title holders to some 451 acres of beach and marsh land lying between Delaware Bay to the east and Prime Hook, Deep Hole and Back Bay Creeks to the west. The area is generally known as Broadkill Beach in Sussex County. By this action they...

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