Legal Opinion
Lucerne Investment Company v. Estate Belvedere, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 16, 1969No. 17228_1PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MARIS, Circuit Judge
This appeal presents the question whether an award by the District Court of the Virgin Islands of attorney’s fees to the prevailing plaintiff in an uncontested mortgage foreclosure action was so excessive in amount as to constitute a reviewable abuse of the discretion vested in the District Court in that regard by the Virgin Islands Code.
The complaint, which was prepared by the attorneys for the plaintiff and filed in the District Court on April 11, 1967, sought the foreclosure of a mortgage given by the defendant on its real property in St. Croix. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Smith v. Government of the Virgin IslandsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
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