Dougherty v. Hassell

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Chief Judge.

The heirs of Ramona deToy Aubrey appeal the District Court’s order dismissing their objection to Horace Turnbull’s claim in this partition action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and will affirm.

I

The facts are undisputed. Because we write for the parties, an abbreviated recitation will suffice. In 1987, Ramona deToy Aubrey inherited a l/24th undivided interest in Thatch Cay, an uninhabited island in the United States Virgin Islands. Aubrey failed to pay real property taxes on this interest from 1987 to 1993. In April 1995, the Virgin…