Legal Opinion

Scoville v. Soler

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided June 22, 1918No. 1004Published

1Opinion of the Court

HamiltoN, Judge,

delivered tbe following opinion:

This bill was filed February 19, 1918) seeking to restrain the purchase of land and placing of a tuberculosis hospital on property adjoining plaintiffs, and claiming that this would work irreparable damage to them and to the neighborhood. Defendant Soler appeared specially on February 25 to set up that he represented the people of Porto Pico, who had not consented to be sued. This plea and motion were overruled, but in order to cover this point upon motion of defendant Hubbard notice issued on Hay 4 to the people of Porto Pico in the matter, but…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Harkness v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Toledo Railways & Light Co. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  3. Central Grain & Stock Exch. of Hammond v. Board of Trade of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1903

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