THOMAS v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ETC.


391 A.2d 203 (1978)

Douglas S. THOMAS and Dorothy L. Thomas, his wife, Plaintiffs below, Appellants, and Asco, Ltd., a Delaware Corporation, and Frank T. Hendry, Jr., Defendants below, Appellants, v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the CITY OF WILMINGTON, Robert Hubbard, as Commissioner of the Department of Licenses and Inspections of the City of Wilmington, State of Delaware, and Individually, and North Dowling, 3rd, Defendants below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided July 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Levine, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Eduard F. vonWettberg, 3rd, and Daniel H. Krapf, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for defendants-appellants Asco, Ltd. and Frank T. Hendry, Jr.

Robert D. Goldberg, First Asst. City Sol., Wilmington, for defendants-appellees Mayor and Council of the City of Wilmington, Robert Hubbard and North Dowling, 3rd.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY and McNEILLY, JJ.


DUFFY, Justice:

In this action against the City of Wilmington, two of its employees and other defendants, plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages based upon alleged negligence, gross negligence, fraud and deceit. The claim arises out of the purchase by plaintiffs of a Wilmington residence which was financed in part through a mortgage guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. Compliance with the Wilmington Housing...

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