Legal Opinion
Smith v. Government of the Virgin Islands
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 28, 1964No. 14545PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, David Smith and Erwin Gross, suing on behalf of themselves and all other taxpayers of the Virgin Islands, brought this suit in the District Court, of the Virgin Islands against the Government of the Virgin Islands, Mario Lewis, its Commissioner of Property and Procurement, and Steadman Hodge, to declare illegal and void the conveyance of a piece of escheated property in St. Thomas by defendant Lewis to defendant. Hodge for the sum of $200, and for injunctive relief. The defendants filed answers and moved for the dismissal of the suit upon the ground that…
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