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DELMARVA ENTERPRISES, INC. v. MAYOR & COUN. OF DOVER

282 A.2d 601 (1971)

DELMARVA ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware corporation, et al., Petitioner-Complainants Below, Appellants, v. The MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the CITY OF DOVER, and the City Manager of the City of Dover, to-wit: et al., Respondents-Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Reargument Denied October 12, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Behen Maybee, Dover, and John Geraghty, Arlington, Va., for appellants.

Nicholas Rodriguez, City Sol., Dover, for appellees.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from the denial by the Superior Court of a writ of mandamus to compel the City of Dover to furnish water and sewer services to Delmarva Enterprises, Inc.*, the owner of two lots adjacent to but outside the city limits. Some factual background is necessary to an understanding of the controversy.

The City of Dover is a municipal corporation furnishing sewer and water services to its residents...

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