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SCHAFFER v. BELOW

Civ. Nos. 230-1957, 138-1958.

174 F.Supp. 505 (1959)

Alfred M. SCHAFFER, Irving L. Young, James Alderman Evans, Jr., and William Houston Evans, Executors of the Estate of Charles R. Vose, deceased, v. Ethel May Pressey BELOW, also known as Ethel May Bishop, individually and as Administratrix C.T.A. of the Estate of Cornelius Comstock Below, also known as Cory Bishop, deceased, David Jenckes and Antilles Enterprises, Inc. Ethel May BISHOP, individually and as Administratrix C.T.A. of the Estate of Cory Bishop, deceased, v. Alfred M. SCHAFFER et al., Executors of the Estate of C. R. Vose, Alfred M. Schaffer, et al., Officers and Directors of Antilles Enterprises, Inc., Antilles Enterprises, Inc., and Ward and Virginia French.

District Court, Virgin Islands D. St. Thomas & St. John.

June 23, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Croxton Williams, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for Ethel May Pressey Below et al.

Maas & Bailey, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I. (William W. Bailey, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., of counsel), for Alfred M. Schaffer et al.

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

From the admissions in the pleadings and the evidence in these consolidated cases, I make the following

Findings of Fact

1. On July 27, 1953, Charles Redfield Vose, Cory Bishop (also known as Cornelius Comstock Below) and David Jenckes entered into a joint venture for the development of land on the island of St. John, Bishop and Jenckes contributing approximately 850 acres of land and Vose contributing $50,000 in cash. It was...

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