CITY OF WILMINGTON, WATER DEPARTMENT v. LORD


325 A.2d 371 (1974)

The CITY OF WILMINGTON, By and Through the WATER DEPARTMENT, Plaintiff, v. Edwin C. E. LORD, Jr., et al., Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.

September 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Gentile, Jr., Acting City Sol., Wilmington, for plaintiff.

William Poole, Robert K. Payson, David A. Anderson, Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, for defendants.


OPINION

O'HARA, Judge.

This is a condemnation action brought by the City of Wilmington in an effort to acquire a site on the Greenhill Golf Course for the construction of a 500,000 gallon elevated water tank. Certain of the named defendants have responded to the action and have filed a motion to dismiss.

By deed dated December 18, 1958, William duPont, Jr. and Margaret Osborne duPont, his wife, made a gift to the City of Wilmington of a tract of...

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