Legal Opinion
Hector Emilio Reyes-Cardona v. J.C. Penney Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 10, 1982No. 82-1231PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant J.C. Penney Co., Inc., (“Penney”) brought a debt collection suit in the local courts of Puerto Rico. Penney sued Hector L. Reyes-Diaz, Isabel Diaz de Reyes, and what it believed to be their conjugal partnership. See Article 93 of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. § 284 (Supp.1979). After Penney served Mrs. Diaz de Reyes with process, it discovered that she was not the wife of Hector L. Reyes-Diaz as it had thought, but that she was instead his mother. She was married to Hector E. Reyes-Cardona. Penney voluntarily withdrew the complaint against Mrs.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Valle v. American International InsuranceSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1979
- Gierbolini Rivera v. Employers Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1976
- Feliciano Rosado v. MatosSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1981
- Ignacio Gual Morales v. Pedro Hernandez VegaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- General Office Products Corp. v. A. M. Capen's Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1984
- Flamand v. American International Group, Inc.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1994
- Medina & Medina v. Country Pride Foods, Ltd.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1988
- Medina & Medina v. Country Pride Foods, Ltd., Medina & Medina v. Country Pride Foods, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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