Legal Opinion
Valore L. Marcinak v. The West Indies Investment Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 6, 1962No. 13672_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAldrich, Circuit Judge
This is an action to recover a deposit made in connection with a lease agreement. The defendants allege breach of contract and claim the deposit as liquidated damages. The case was tried to the court, which ruled for the plaintiff on the ground that the agreement was invalid because it lacked the consent of the owner of the underlying fee. Defendants appeal.
On January 6, 1955, St. Croix Real Estate Development Corporation, hereinafter St. Croix, leased from the Municipality of St. Croix, hereinafter the government, a parcel of some sixty acres known as Peter’s Farm Hospital for the expressed…
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