Legal Opinion
McNamara v. Christian
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided May 23, 1991No. Civil No. 750/1989PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCabret, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
This is an action to quiet title to Plot No. 4 of Parcel 12 of Estate Richmond, Company Quarter, St. Croix (hereafter referred to as “Plot 4” or “the property”). The Plaintiff claims that he acquired title to Plot 4 by adverse possession. Because the Court finds that Plaintiff’s possession of Plot 4 was not exclusive, open, notorious, and hostile to the title of the record owners, judgment will be entered for the Defendants against the Plaintiff.
I. FACTS
The Plaintiff, James McNamara, testified that he moved, with his parents, to Plot 5 of Estate Richmond in 1969.…
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