MOBIL OIL CORPORATION v. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT


283 A.2d 837 (1971)

MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, a corporation of the State of New York, Plaintiff in Error, v. The BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF the TOWN OF NEWPORT, Delaware, et al., Defendants in Error.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.

October 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Kipp (of Becker & Kipp), Wilmington, for plaintiff in error.

Samuel H. Lewis (of Twilley, Barrett & Lewis), Wilmington, for defendants in error.


STIFTEL, President Judge.

Mobil Oil Company wants to build a gasoline filling station on the northwest corner of James and Justice Streets in the Town of Newport, Delaware. For this purpose, it has leased this property from Jennings Wroten and his wife and filed for a building permit1 with the Town. The permit was denied by the Building Inspector and Mobil appealed to the Town Board of Adjustment for a variance from a provision in an ordinance...

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