Cyril E. Smith v. Vivian Defreitas

This suit involves a controversy as to the right of the defendant Vivian deFreitas to use a passage and stairway 1 through the land of the plaintiff Cyril E. Smith for the purpose of ingress to and egress from her property. The plaintiff sought an injunction in the District Court of the Virgin Islands to restrain the defendant from such use. The district court held that the defendant was entitled to the use of the passage and stairway as a freeway and a way of necessity and entered a judgment so declaring and regulating its use. The plaintiff has appealed.

The plaintiff’s property is known as…