Cepeda Canales v. Industrial Commission of Puerto Rico

Mr. Justice Negrón Fernández,

dissenting.

I cannot agree with the opinion of the Court. I shall explain my reasons for dissenting.

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The Court holds that § § 142 and 143 of the Civil Code 1 —which establish what is understood by support and who are obliged to give it to each other— “have nothing to do with the case at bar, not only because pursuant to the express provisions of § § 149 and 150 of the same Code the obligation ceases with the death of the person obliged to give support or with the death of the recipient, but also because the matter involved herein is regulated by a special law,”…