PETERSEN v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

Civ. No. 1975/622.

432 F.Supp. 486 (1977)

George A. PETERSEN, Celecia P. Olive, Anna Petersen, and Alvara Robinson, Plaintiffs, v. GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Michael J. Schjang, Charles Alexander Petersen, James A. O'Bryan, Rufus Graham, John McCleverty, and the Heirs of Wilbur Petersen, Defendants.

United States District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Croix.

May 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank F. Padilla, Frederiksted, St. Croix, V.I., for plaintiffs.

John E. Lenahan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for defendant Government of the Virgin Islands.

John D. Merwin, Merwin, Alexander & O'Brien, Frederiksted, St. Croix, V.I., for defendant Michael Schjang.

Thomas L. Hamlin, Legal Services of the Virgin Islands, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for defendant Charles Alexander Petersen.

Derek M. Hodge, Hodge & Sheen, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for defendant James O'Bryan.


MEMORANDUM OPINION WITH JUDGMENT ATTACHED

WARREN H. YOUNG, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that the January 29, 1971 tax sale of certain parcels of realty, lots 6-B and 6-C Hospital Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, to defendant Michael Schjang be declared null and void. Plaintiffs contend that defendant, Government of the Virgin Islands, failed in four respects to comply with the statutory provisions governing tax sales, to wit: ...

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