Legal Opinion
de Castro v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Decided July 26, 1940No. 8070Published
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Del Toro
In this case the Auditor of the Capital brought charges against the city manager before the Board of Commissioners. The manager answered and the hoard, on January 5, 1939, suspended him from office and pay. After an investigation, he was finally removed as city manager by the hoard, on April 5, 1939.
The manager instituted a certiorari proceeding in the District Court of San Juan which dismissed the same on August 21, 1939. He took an appeal to this Supreme Court, which reversed the decision of the district court in the following terms:
“JUDGMENT — San Juan, Puerto Eico, June 28, 1940.
“For the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kurtz v. MoffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Smith v. WhitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Postum Cereal Co. v. California Fig Nut Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Bravo v. Corte de Distrito de MayagüezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1931
- Luce & Co., S. en C. v. Registrador de la Propiedad de GuayamaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1925
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