WILMINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY v. PARCEL OF LAND


219 A.2d 148 (1966)

WILMINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, a public body corporate and politic, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. The Following PARCEL OF LAND, with the Buildings and Improvements thereon erected, Situate IN the CITY OF WILMINGTON, COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE and State of Delaware. Herbert M. Ames and Lillian J. Ames, his wife, Owners, Pack & Process, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, et al., Lessees, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

April 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Herlihy, Jr., Thomas Herlihy, III, and Morris Cohen, Wilmington, for appellant.

James M. Tunnell, Jr., of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, and William D. Bailey, Jr., of Bayard, Brill, Russell & Handelman, Wilmington, for appellees.

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice, CAREY, Justice, and SHORT, Vice Chancellor, sitting.


WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the Wilmington Housing Authority from the final confirmation of an award by Commissioners sitting in the Superior Court in condemnation proceedings. The award was for just compensation for the taking by the Authority of almost an entire city block with several substantial buildings thereon, the property of the individual defendant, Ames.

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