Casanova v. Latoni

MAHONEY, Circuit Judge.

This action was originally brought in 1933 in the District Court of San Juan, Puerto Rico, by Modesta Concepcion Cosme on behalf of her three minor children,1 requesting the annulment of a mortgage foreclosure proceeding brought by the defendant against said children.

The circumstances out of which this controversy arose are as follows: Joaquin Padin Martinez died April 30, 1929, and by his will his three minor natural chil*649dren were named as the sole heirs of his estate and Manuel Garcia Lago was named executor and legal guardian or tutor of the children. Garcia Lago…