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CIRINO v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP.

Civ. Nos. 515/1972, 554/1972, 277/1971 and 555/1972.

384 F.Supp. 621 (1973)

Flor CIRINO and Caribe Auto Repairs, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP., and Carib Gas Corporation of St. Thomas, Defendants. MARK VI, INC., Plaintiff, v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP. and Carib Gas of St. Thomas, Inc., Defendants. SEA KING ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff, v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP., and Carib Gas of St. Thomas, Inc., Defendants. WE HAUL, INC., Plaintiff, v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP., and Carib Gas of St. Thomas, Inc., Defendants.

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

May 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verne A. Hodge, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for Flor Cirino & Caribe Auto Repairs, Inc.

Birch, deJongh & Farrelly, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I. (Alexander A. Farrelly, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., of counsel), for Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.

Grunert, Stout, Hymes & Mayer, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I. (John E. Stout, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., of counsel), for Carib Gas Corporation of St. Thomas.

Mitchell & Hunter, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I. (Ronald T. Mitchell, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., of counsel), for Mark VI, Inc. and We Haul, Inc.

Verne A. Hodge, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for Sea King Enterprises, Inc.

Mitchell & Hunter, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U. S. (Ronald T. Mitchell, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., of counsel), for We Haul, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CHRISTIAN, Chief Judge.

Defendants, Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation and Carib Gas of St. Thomas, Inc., have filed joint Motions to Dismiss against the corporate plaintiffs in the four above-captioned cases, on the ground that each plaintiff has failed to file and pay its annual Franchise Tax as required by Title 13 V.I.C. § 531. Section 533(a) of that title provides that "No corporation may commence or maintain any action in...

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