Longpré v. Diaz
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PORTO RICO. The facts, which involve the construction and application of the laws of Porto Rico relating to the accountability for fruits and profits of real estate of one evicted therefrom, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
Clemente Diaz y Gonzalez, residing in Viequez, Porto Rico, there died in April, 1890, leaving a widow and an infant son, the issue of their marriage. The deceased was the recorded owner of a piece of farming property known as Destino, as well as of other pieces of property of small area and value, all of which were his separate estate, having been acquired before marriage. ' By the provisions of the Code it is conceded that the minor was the sole legal heir of his father, taking all his property,' subject however to a usufruct of one-third in favor of his mother, the widow. In April, 1892, in…
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