Legal Opinion

Rivera de Gimenez v. Curran

District Court, Virgin Islands

Decided May 27, 1937No. 15PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtHastie, Judge

The plaintiff, Maria E. Rivera de Gimenez, is here seeking restitution of certain articles of personal property seized by the defendant, Edgar A. C. Curran, Sheriff of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John, from the home of plaintiff and her husband, Jose I. Gimenez, pursuant to an execution issued out of this court upon a judgment recovered by the municipality against Jose I. Gimenez. The case was tried by the court without a jury.

A list of the articles in question is in evidence. Mrs. Gimenez claims that each of them is her separate property. The Sheriff contends that each article is…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jolly v. McCoyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1918
  2. Parker v. McLainSupreme Court of Kansas · 1914

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Inniss v. InnissSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2016

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