Harry Dreis, as of the Estate of Mildred T. Bishop, Deceased v. George T. Kelly, III

The appellant in this matter, Harry Dreis, is the executor of the Estate of Mildred T. Bishop, deceased, who appeals from a judgment entered in the District Court of the Virgin Islands granting the motion of the defendant, George T. Kelly, III, to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction of the person of the defendant.

There are three causes of action alleged in the complaint. The first cause of action avers that the plaintiff’s decedent, Mildred T. Bishop, who died on July 6, 1958, and Cory Bishop were tenants in common of 55 acres of land known as Catherineberg or Hammerfarm, located…