Legal Opinion

Chas. H. Steffey, Inc. v. Estate of Savain

Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands

Decided August 18, 1978No. Civil No. 350/1976PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

The plaintiff, Chas. H. Steffey, Inc., successor to Eben Corporation by merger, brought an action in the Municipal Court of the Virgin Islands, on June 25,1976, for debt and damages against the defendant, the Estate of Dr. Maurice Petion Savain, deceased.

The intestate, Dr. Savain, was a tenant at Apartment 113, Estate Thomas Apartments, Sugar Estate, St. Thomas. The written lease provided for monthly rental payments of $180.00 from the period of August 15, 1970, to July 31, 1971. On August 22, 1971, Dr. Savain was involved in a fishing boat accident and his body…

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In re Estate of EriksonDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1974
New England Merchants National Bank v. McKinnonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
In Re GrantSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935

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