Garcia Maytin v. Vela
Supreme Court of the United States
AI’I’BALR FROM TIIIC SUPREME COURT OF PORTO RICO. The facts arc stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are.cross-appeals in a proceeding brought by Monser-rate and Dominga Garcia, two sisters of Manuel Garcia ■ Maytin, and by another plaintiff now dropped out, to establish their rights in property descended from the said Manuel Garcia. The claim is founded upon Article 811 of the former Civil Code,' of which the following is the War Department translation: “The ascendant who inherits property from his descendant, acquired by the latter for a good consideration from another descendant [ascendant] or from a brother or sister, is obliged to reserve the property he may have acquired by force…
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