Government of Virgin Islands v. Certain Parcels of Land in Estate Nisky, No. 6 Southside Quarter

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether an individual who succeeds to real property by intestacy may participate in condemnation proceedings brought against that property before he has formally been adjudicated an heir. The district court held that participation by such a person is foreclosed and therefore precluded appellant from contesting the Government of the Virgin Islands’ estimate of the value of the condemned property. We disagree, and we therefore will vacate and remand for further proceedings.

I

In early 1980, the Government of the Virgin…