Pendall v. Virgin Islands Title & Trust Co.

OPINION

The plaintiff asserts that she and her husband in 1950 purchased 4.5313 acres of land from the defendant’s decedent but that the two parcels of land which the deed given by the defendant’s decedent conveyed to them, actually contained only 3.5591 acres although the deed recited that they comprised 4.5313 acres. Her husband having conveyed his interest to her, she sues to recover the purchase price of the unconveyed 0.9722 acre.

The deed from the defendant’s decedent dated February 17, 1950, and recorded in the Recorder’s Office in 7 FD, page 12, No. 338/1950, conveyed “Parcel No. 6 and…