Myers v. Canton

OPINION OF THE COURT

HASTIE, Chief Judge

This appeal has been taken from a judgment of the District Court of the Virgin Islands which denied the appellant’s claim that he had acquired title to Lot No. 11 and Lot No. 11 A, Nordsidevej, in St. Thomas, by adverse possession.

After an evidentiary hearing without a jury, the trial court made the following findings of fact:

“1. That in 1933, the plaintiff entered into possession of a small wooden house purchased from one Abraham Fince for the sum of $225.00.

“2. That while it was at first thought that the wooden house was located on Lot No. 11…