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SMITH v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 82-3261 to 82-3263 and 82-3293.

698 F.2d 611 (1983)

Marion SMITH, Appellant/cross-appellee, Laurette Roach, as parent and guardian of Keith Morgan, Appellee, v. Glenwood and Evelyn WILLIAMS, Appellees/cross-appellants. Appeal of GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan A. Christian, Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., for Marion Smith.

George S. Eltman, Bryant, Lenahan & Eltman, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., for Laurette Roach.

Alexander A. Farrelly, Birch, de Jongh & Farrelly, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for Evelyn & Glenwood Williams.

J'ada M. Finch Sheen, Atty. Gen., Joann Webb-Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Law, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., for Government of Virgin Islands.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and ADAMS and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge:

I.

This controversy arises out of an illegal raffle conducted by Marion Smith and Evelyn Williams [Evelyn]. As winner of that raffle, Keith Morgan received four sheets of official Virgin Islands lottery tickets. The dispute centers on title to ticket 13540, which won the grand prize of $100,000 in the official Virgin Islands lottery. Smith, Evelyn, Glenwood Williams [Glenwood], and the Government of the...

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