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UNITED STATES v. 15.38 ACRES OF LAND IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Civil Action No. 520.

61 F.Supp. 937 (1945)

UNITED STATES v. 15.38 ACRES OF LAND IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL., et al.

District Court, D. Delaware.

August 9, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Morris, Jr., U. S. Atty., and W. Thomas Knowles, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Wilmington, Del., and Charles M. Irelan, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

C. A. Southerland and J. LaPenne Guenveur (of Southerland, Berl & Potter), all of Wilmington, Del., for Delaware Power & Light Co.

Henry R. Isaacs, of Wilmington, Del., for DeWitt T. Cauffiel.

C. J. Killoran, Atty. Gen., of Delaware, for State of Delaware and for Trustees of Delaware State Hospital.

LEAHY, District Judge.

An ATC military air field is located outside Wilmington, Delaware. The land is owned by the Levy Court of New Castle County to the use of the county.1 See 43 Del.Laws, c. 101, pp. 313, 317. On November 26, 1941, the Levy Court entered into a lease with the United States whereby the government acquired a tenancy from year to year. This lease is not renewable, however, beyond June 30, 1967. Condemnation proceedings...

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