Sociedad Protectora de Niños v. Registrar of San Juan

María Palomo Mellado, already a property owner, on September 18, 1918, shortly-before her marriage, bought and became the record owner of a dilapidated house and a lot. In a lease executed on April 15, 1919, and duly recorded on the 30th of the same month, a small house and garage, valued together at $1,500, are described as standing on the site formerly occupied by the old house above mentioned and are said to have been acquired by the lessor and above mentioned owner of the lot in question, now a married woman, through rebuilding and construction at her own expense and with her own separate…