J. H. Jewelry Co. v. V. I. Jewelry & Repairs, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Four judgment creditors demand priority in satisfaction of their rival writs because the debtor’s funds are insufficient to satisfy each creditor. With no specific Virgin Islands statute in control, the court must decide in what order these writs must be satisfied.

J. H. Jewelry Co., holder of the earliest writ, moves for an order releasing funds from the court’s registry. These funds were received by the Territorial Marshal to satisfy two later writs of creditors in other actions. J. H. Jewelry argues that the marshal and the court have a duty to satisfy writs in…