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VIRGIN ISLANDS HOUSING & U. R. A. v. 19.0976 ACRES OF LAND

Civ. No. 110-1958.

172 F.Supp. 333 (1959)

VIRGIN ISLANDS HOUSING AND URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY, Plaintiff, v. 19.0976 ACRES OF LAND IN ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS, Maria Elmira Lockhart, Alfred H. Lockhart, Dorothy Lockhart Elskoe, Raymond S. Lockhart, et al., Defendants.

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

April 17, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon P. Miller, U. S. Atty., Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands, for plaintiff.

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

David E. Maas, for Virgin Islands Nat. Bank.

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The owners of the land involved in this condemnation proceeding and the Virgin Islands National Bank, a mortgagee, have petitioned the court for an award of counsel fees.

5 V.I.C. § 541(b) authorizes the court to allow attorney's fees to the prevailing party in a civil action and 5 V.I. C. § 546 provides that "In all actions prosecuted or defended in the name and for the use of any public corporation in the Virgin Islands, the...

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