VIRGIN ISLANDS H. & R. AUTHORITY v. 19.1078 ACRES OF LAND

Civ. No. 38-1958.

161 F.Supp. 475 (1958)

VIRGIN ISLANDS HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, Plaintiff, v. 19.1078 ACRES OF LAND IN ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS, Maria Elmira Lockhart, et al., and Unknown Owners, Defendants.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Thomas and St. John.

May 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Croxton Williams, Charlotte Amalie, V. I., for plaintiff.

James A. Bough, Charlotte Amalie, V. I., for Elmira Lockhart, Alfred H. Lockhart, Dorothy Lockhart and Raymond S. Lockhart, defendants.

Alphonso A. Christian, Charlotte Amalie, V. I., for Margaret B. Creque, administratrix of the estate of Henry O. Creque, deceased.

Maas & Bailey, Charlotte Amalie, V. I., for Virgin Islands Nat. Bank.


MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The Virgin Islands Housing and Redevelopment Authority, a public corporation created by the Gordon-Jacobs Housing and Redevelopment Authority Law of 1950 and continued by 29 V.I.C. § 31 et seq., with power within its area of operation to prepare, carry out, acquire, lease and operate housing projects, has brought this action to take by the power of eminent domain 19.1078 acres of land in New...

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