WILMINGTON HOUSING AUTH. v. NOS. 500, 502 & 504 KING ST.


254 A.2d 856 (1969)

WILMINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, Plaintiff, v. NOS. 500, 502 AND 504 KING STREET, and Nos. 503, 505 and 507 French Street; Commercial Trust Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware, et al., Defendants. WILMINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, Plaintiff, v. NOS. 408 AND 410 KING STREET, and No. 411 French Street; Liebman and Company, et al., Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.

May 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Bailey, Jr., Wilmington, for defendant.

Januar D. Bove, Jr., and Morris Cohen, Wilmington, for plaintiff.


OPINION

MESSICK, Judge.

Plaintiff, Wilmington Housing Authority, seeks by eminent domain to acquire certain of defendants' properties situated within a ten block area which City Council, pursuant to 31 Del.C. Ch. 45, has declared a slum. Defendants challenge the condemnation proceedings on the grounds (1) that the properties are sound, are located within a four block area which cannot be classified as a slum, and are compatible with plaintiff's redevelopment...

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