Sarah Danzig and Robert L. Danzig v. Virgin Isle Hotel, Inc.

This appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the Virgin Islands is before us on appellees’ motion to docket and dismiss the appeal on the ground that notice of appeal was not filed, as required by Rule 73(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (5 V.I.C. App. I, 28 U.S.C. App.), within “30 days from the entry of the judgment appealed from”.

The action below presented claims of Sarah Danzig and Robert L. Danzig for negligent injury. It was tried to a jury. On December 4, 1959, the jury returned verdicts of $22,000 and $5,000 for the plaintiffs respectively. Thereupon the clerk of the court…