Legal Opinion
Jose Martinez Moll v. Levitt & Sons of Puerto Rico, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 26, 1978No. 77-1380PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Levitt & Sons of Puerto Rico, Inc. (Levitt-Puerto Rico) appeals from a judgment for $357,000 in a diversity action brought against it by plaintiffs-appellees Jose M. Martinez Moll and Inez Cartagena Latorre. Central to plaintiffs’ case was section 3374 of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico, which provides in pertinent part:
“Contracts shall only be valid between the parties who execute them and their heirs, .
Should the contract contain any stipulation in favor of a third person, he may demand its fulfillment, provided he has given notice of his acceptance to the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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