Legal Opinion
Mapes Monde, Ltd. v. A.H. Riise Gift Shop, Inc.
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided September 28, 2004No. DC CIV 2003-29PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
(September 28, 2004)
I. SUMMARY
A.H. Riise Gift Shop, Inc. [“Riise”] filed an action for forcible entry and detainer [“FED”] in Territorial Court against its tenant, Mapes Monde, Ltd. [“Mapes”]. The trial judge dismissed the action, left Mapes in possession, and awarded Riise over five thousand dollars in attorneys fees and costs. Mapes appeals the trial judge’s after-the-fact attempt to recharacterize the action as one to recover possession and to award costs and attorneys fees in excess of the two dollars allowed by statute for an FED action. For the reasons stated below, we agree…
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