Legal Opinion
Wilkinson v. Simmon
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided May 23, 1996No. Civ. No.799/1991PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtSwan, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This Court must decide whether to set aside two deeds executed by plaintiffs' mother, an octogenarian, which transferred three parcels of property to defendants. For the reasons which follow, the deeds will be set aside.
FACTS
Plaintiffs are the children of the late Ada Battiste ("Battiste") of St. Thomas, who was bom on July 9, 1900 and died on June 22, 1991 at the age of ninety, leaving plaintiffs as her heirs at law. For more than fifteen years preceding her death, Battiste lived alone. Fler children resided off-island between the time of 1960 and the time of Battiste's…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Estate of DavidSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 1998