Rivera Santiago v. R. Cobián Chinea & Co.

Mr.' Justice Todd, Jr.,

dissenting.

I dissent. In my opinion the police power of the Legislature may not, even during an emergency, go to the extreme of compelling an owner to keep his property in the rental market, whether for dwelling or for commercial purposes.

In Latoni v. Municipal Court, 67 P.R.R. 130, footnote (1), page 138, because it was unnecessary, we left undecided ■the question of whether the provisions of § 12 (/) of Act No. 464 of 1946 known as the Reasonable Rents Act, to the effect that a landlord who has “habitually” rented his property must continue to do so, is valid,…