López Abril v. Superior Court of Puerto Rico

This is a suit against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico by the former Secretary of the Racing Commission for unpaid salary.1 The theory of the plaintiff is that he was illegally removed on May 3, 1949. The plaintiff was separated from office by virtue of an agreement of the President and the Alternate Associate Commissioner of the Commission. The contention of the plaintiff is that the controlling statute did not permit the latter to sit as a Commissioner at the time the plaintiff was removed.

José López Abril sued the Commonwealth in the District Court for allegedly unpaid salary in the amount…