SEWER v. MARTIN

No. 74-1823.

511 F.2d 1134 (1975)

Elmando SEWER v. Clifton MARTIN and Rita Martin. Appeal of Rita MARTIN.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold M. Selke, Gibbs & Selke, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellant.

Ronald T. Mitchell, Pallme, Anduze & Mitchell and Frederk D. Rosenberg, Bailey, Wood & Rosenberg, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and Van DUSEN and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


SEITZ, Chief Judge.

Prior to December 6, 1967, plaintiff Elmando Sewer was the owner of 25 Rjerings Gade, St. Thomas. Defendant-appellant, Rita Martin, then the wife of Clifton Martin ("Martin"), owned the adjacent lot on which a commercial building was located. In 1967 Martin began negotiations with plaintiff for the purchase of 25 Rjerings Gade, on which plaintiff lived and from which he received rental income of $105.00 per month.

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