Legal Opinion
Reese v. Government of Virgin Islands
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 14, 1960No. 13014PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, Percival H. Reese and his wife, Elaine Reese, appeal from a judgment entered in the District Court of the Virgin Islands denying them specific performance of an agreement for the sale of public homestead land and directing the Government of the Virgin Islands to return to plaintiffs the sum of $683.50 which they had paid as the purchase price of the homestead plot. The pertinent facts out of which this controversy arises are as follows:
During 1955 the plaintiffs purchased homestead Plot No. 265, Estate Hospital Ground, from the Government for $189 under…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In the Matter of the Estate of Van B. Hooper, Deceased. The Government of the Virgin IslandsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
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- Richards v. B & L Development, Inc.District Court, Virgin Islands · 1980
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