Legal Opinion
King v. Appleton
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided October 6, 2014No. S.Ct. Civil No. 2012-0138PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(October 6, 2014)
CABRET, Associate Justice.
Attorney Robert L. King, Esq., appeals the Superior Court’s dismissal of his action to evict Mackchesney Appleton from three parcels of land on St. Thomas. He argues that he holds the property in trust for a former client and that because Mackchesney2 defaulted, the Superior Court should have held a hearing to establish damages and then entered default judgment. Because we agree with King, we hold that the Superior Court erred in dismissing his complaint, and we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
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