Calistro v. Kean

Opinion OF THE COURT GANEY, Circuit Judge. This case involves a civil proceeding in the nature of a declaratory judgment action1 for an authoritative declaration as to where certain boundary lines should be drawn. The action was brought in the District Court of the Virgin Islands by the heirs of Alexander Calistro as tenants in common of the Estate Lille Norge (also known as Estate Longmat), 5 Red Hook Quarter, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. This estate is north of and adjacent to a larger property known as Estate Mariendahl, 4 Red Hook Quarter, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Roughly Estate Mariendahl is divided among three interests. The western portion is owned by Osmond Kean and Eustace Dench. The eastern portion, with the exception of a triangular shaped piece of property of about 41 acres carved out of the southern section and owned by the Danielsons, belongs to the Monsanto defendants.