KRESS, DUNLAP & LANE, LTD. v. DOWNING

Civ. No. 190-1959.

193 F.Supp. 874 (1961)

KRESS, DUNLAP & LANE, LTD., Petitioner, v. Carlos A. DOWNING, as Commissioner of Property and Procurement, Government of the Virgin Islands, Respondent.

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

May 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dudley, Hoffman & McGowan, Charlotte Amalie, V. I., for petitioner.

Russell B. Johnson, Atty. Gen. of the Virgin Islands, for respondent.


MARIS, Circuit Judge.

Kress, Dunlap & Lane, Ltd., the owner of the premises located at No. 8 King Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, seeks relief against an order issued by Carlos A. Downing, Commissioner of Property and Procurement, under the Rent Control Law of the Virgin Islands, 28 V.I.C. § 831 et seq., fixing the maximum rent on the upper floor of its premises at $50 a month.1

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