PRUETT v. DAYTON


168 A.2d 543 (1961)

Carl E. PRUETT, Rosemary S. Pruett, Norman M. Jones, Helen G. Jones, James W. Black, Annie C. Black, Carl F. Kammerer, Mary Kammerer, Roger T. Cheche, Frances S. Cheche, Lulu P. Hutchison, Llangollen Club, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Joseph F. DAYTON, G. Lester Cleaver, Harry H. Lambert, constituting the Levy Court of New Castle County, Land-Fill, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Dominick Cantera and Marion Cantera, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

March 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent A. Theisen and Victor F. Battaglia (of Theisen & Lank), Wilmington, for plaintiffs.

Clarence W. Taylor (of Hastings, Taylor & Willard), Wilmington, for defendant, Levy Court of New Castle County.

Clement C. Wood (of Allmond & Wood), Wilmington, for defendant, Land-Fill, Inc.

E. Dickinson Griffenberg, Jr. (of Killoran & VanBrunt), Wilmington, for defendants, Dominick Cantera and Marion Cantera.


SEITZ, Chancellor.

The plaintiffs are Llangollen Club and certain residents of Llangollen Estates. They seek a preliminary injunction preventing defendants from continuing the operation of a sanitary land-fill on property adjoining their residential development. The members of the Levy Court are made defendants because, pursuant to statute, they leased the land in question for the use now being made of it. Also, pursuant to statute, the Levy Court entered into a contract...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases