Rivera Maldonado v. Central Pasto Viejo, Inc.

Mr. Justice Córdova Davila

delivered tlie opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in this case, in a motion for substitution of the party defendant, asks that the action be continued against the corporation United Porto Rican Sugar Co., and against Messrs. Fernando Margarida and M. A. Walker, directors and officers of both the said corporation and the Central Pasto Viejo, Inc.

The plaintiff alleges that he filed his complaint against the defendant on March 7, 1927 ; that on March 21, 1929, the defendant filed its answer sworn to by Mr. Fernando Marga-rida who declared himself to be a vice president…