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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 28 - Property » Chapter 17 - Actions to Determine Adverse Claims and Boundaries

§ 371. Action to determine adverse claim

Any person in possession, by himself or his tenant, of real property, may maintain an action of an equitable nature against another who claims an estate or interest therein adverse to him, for the purpose of determining such claim, estate, or interest.

§ 372. Action to determine boundaries

In any case where any dispute or controversy exists, or may hereafter arise, between two or more owners of adjacent or contiguous lands in the Virgin Islands, concerning the boundary lines thereof, or the location of the lines dividing such lands, either party or any party to such dispute or controversy may bring and maintain […]

§ 373. Pleading

The complaint in an action to determine boundaries shall be sufficient if it appears therefrom that the plaintiff and defendant or defendants are owners of adjacent lands and that there is a controversy or dispute between the parties concerning their boundary or dividing line or lines. It shall not be necessary to set forth the […]

§ 374. Procedure; commissioners

The procedure in an action to determine boundaries shall be analogous to that of other actions of an equitable nature; except that at the time of entering the judgment fixing the true location of the disputed boundary or dividing line the court shall appoint three disinterested commissioners, one of whom shall be a practical surveyor, […]

§ 375. Commissioners’ oath and report

Before entering upon the discharge of their duties the commissioners shall make and file their oath, in writing, to faithfully and impartially perform their duties as such commissioners. After designating the line by proper marks and monuments, they shall file in the court a report of their doings as such commissioners, and the same shall […]

§ 376. Proceedings upon commissioners’ report

The report of the commissioners may be confirmed by the court, upon written motion of either party to such action, whenever it appears to the court that the motion was served upon the adverse party two days before the presentation thereof, and that no exceptions have been filed to the report within two days after […]