Legal Opinion
Greaux v. Hatchette
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided June 27, 1958No. Civil No. 62 - 1958PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtBiggs, Circuit Judge
This litigation concerns fishing rights in a bay1 at West Cay, a small island at the west end of the Island of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. All of West Cay is held by the defendant Hypolite Hatchette as a successor tenant under a lease executed by the Government of the Virgin Islands to his father. The defendant Gustave Que-tel is a licensee or permittee of Hatchette and is authorized by him to use the land of the island in connection with fishing in its adjacent waters.
On the morning of April 3, 1958 the defendant Gustave Quetel and his fishing crew of three men left their homes in…
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