TUSSO v. SMITH


162 A.2d 185 (1960)

Frank J. TUSSO and Dorothy H. Tusso, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. J. Gordon SMITH, Benjamin F. Shaw, II, Benjamin Abelman, Thurman G. Adams, J. Draper Brown, Dallas D. Culver, Samuel J. Fox, Frank R. Grier, Edward Kelly, William P. Richardson, Hugh R. Sharp, Jr. and Robert D. Thompson, constituting the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware, and Richard A. Haber, Chief Engineer, and The Mayor and Council of Wilmington, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

June 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Herlihy, Jr., and Hiram W. Warder, Wilmington, for plaintiffs.

S. Samuel Arsht, Harvey S. Kronfeld and Richard H. Allen, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for State Highway Department.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and BRAMHALL, JJ., sitting.


WOLCOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the Court of Chancery of New Castle County upholding the action of the State Highway Department pursuant to 17 Del.C. §§ 171-180 in acquiring the right-of-way for a limited access highway through the City of Wilmington. This project was before us earlier in Piekarski v. Smith, Del., 153 A.2d 587, to which reference is...

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