GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. 50.05 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

Civ. No. 45-1959.

185 F.Supp. 495 (1960)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. 50.05 ACRES OF LAND, SALT RIVER, ST. CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS, Frederick Oman, John T. Burr, Robert B. George, Elizabeth Starr George, Edward J. Lanigan and Lillian A. Lanigan, and Unknown Owners.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Croix, Christiansted Jurisdiction.

August 11, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon P. Miller, U. S. Atty., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for plaintiff.

James A. Bough, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for defendant Oman.

Young & Isherwood, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for defendant Burr.

Bailey & Wood, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I. (William W. Bailey, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., of counsel), for defendants Robert and Elizabeth George.


HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

In this condemnation case defendants Frederick Oman and John T. Burr, owners of record of the tract in suit, and Robert B. George and Elizabeth Starr George, who claim an interest as mortgagees, have denied the right of plaintiff, Government of the Virgin Islands, to acquire by eminent domain a certain 50.05-acre tract of land at Salt River, St. Croix, to "be developed and maintained by the Government of the Virgin Islands as an historical and...

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