Fetters Et Al. v. Mayor and Council

SEITZ, Vice Chancellor. Plaintiff, Fetters, is a resident real estate owner and taxpayer of the City of Wilmington. Plaintiffs, Carl E. Widell & Son, are a partnership engaged in the construction and contracting business with their principal office in Haddon Heights, New Jersey. Reference to 'plaintiffs' will include only Widell & Son unless otherwise indicated. The Mayor and Council of Wilmington, a municipal corporation and the three individuals constituting the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Wilmington are the defendants. In referring to the 'defendants' I shall refer to the Commissioners only unless otherwise indicated.