Mario Mercado E Hijos v. Manuel Francisco Lluberas Pasarell

WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

In June, 1951, the Superior Court of Puerto Rico, Ponce Section, adjudged that the appellant had been in possession of a farm illegally and “in bad faith” from June 2, 1937 to November 3, 1945, and ordered payment of damages to the appellee as the rightful owner of the farm in the amount of $41,345.56 representing the estimated value of “the fruits the said land yielded or might have yielded during that period.” On appeal the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico affirmed the judgment of the Superior Court as to liability but it remanded the case for a redetermination of…