LORD v. CITY OF WILMINGTON


332 A.2d 414 (1975)

Edwin C. E. LORD, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF WILMINGTON, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

Decided January 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Poole and David A. Anderson, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, for plaintiffs.

Frank J. Gentile, Jr., Acting City Sol., and John R. Sheridan, Asst. City Sol., for defendant.


MARVEL, Vice Chancellor:

Plaintiffs in this case are citizens and taxpayers of New Castle County and State of Delaware and have brought this action to enjoin the diversion of park land to an alleged non-park use suing not only on their own behalf but also on behalf of other citizens and taxpayers of the County similarly situated.1 Defendant is a municipal corporation and the owner of the tract of land here in issue, on part of which it...

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