M. B. M., INC. v. GEORGE

No. 80-2747.

655 F.2d 530 (1981)

M. B. M., INC., Appellee, v. Rupert A. GEORGE, Elenora George, Rupert George Construction, Inc., and Bank of Nova Scotia. Appeal of Rupert A. GEORGE, Elenora George, and Rupert George Construction, Inc., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald T. Mitchell (argued), Pallme & Mitchell, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellants.

Frederick G. Watts (argued), Loud, Watts & Murnan, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellee.

Before ADAMS, WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

The ownership of a right of way upon which defendants' structures encroach is at issue here. As grantees of abutting properties, defendants argue they obtained ownership to the center line of the right of way when plaintiff conveyed the lots to them. Plaintiff asserts that the intention was that it retain ownership of the right of way so as to facilitate its transfer to the government. The district court adopted...

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