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GOV. OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND

No. 82-3458.

713 F.2d 53 (1983)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellee, v. CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND IN ESTATE NISKY, NO. 6 SOUTHSIDE QUARTER, CONSISTING OF 1.189 ACRES MORE OR LESS IN ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, John Joseph, et al., Estate of Ozias Parrott and all the Named Defendants Claiming an Interest in Parcel No. 8 of Estate Nisky, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur W. Finch (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Law, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellee.

Roy E. Parrott (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Thomas, V.I., pro se and for appellants.

Before GIBBONS, SLOVITER, and BECKER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether an individual who succeeds to real property by intestacy may participate in condemnation proceedings brought against that property before he has formally been adjudicated an heir. The district court held that participation by such a person is foreclosed and therefore precluded appellant from contesting the Government of the Virgin Islands' estimate of the value of the condemned...

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