Costello v. Pumarada
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Statement: Le Compte owned two Louses. He had no children, but was married to Mercedes, who had a child (Maria del Carmen) by a former husband. Le Compte had a niece named Aurelia, who, during her uncle’s lifetime, married Rodriguez, had two children, and with them removed to Cuba, and died in 1892, thirteen years after her uncle. Mercedes survived her husband seventeen years and Aurelia four years. Maria del Carmen survived her mother, and sold to plaintiff.
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Statement: Le Compte owned two Louses. He had no children, but was married to Mercedes, who had a child (Maria del Carmen) by a former husband. Le Compte had a niece named Aurelia, who, during her uncle’s lifetime, married Rodriguez, had two children, and with them removed to Cuba, and died in 1892, thirteen years after her uncle. Mercedes survived her husband seventeen years and Aurelia four years. Maria del Carmen survived her mother, and sold to plaintiff. Le Compte left a will devising one house to his wife in fee, and making her residuary legatee. As to the other house, he provided that…
1Opinion of the Court
Rodey, Judge,
delivered tbe following opinion:
This is an action of ejectment, wherein tbe plaintiff seeks to recover tbe possession of tbe south half of a building on San Justo street, in the city of San Juan, Porto Rico, from tbe defendants, and to have an accounting for tbe rental value thereof at $45 per month, with interest on tbe deferred payments for something like eleven years last past. Tbe suit involves real estate valued anywhere from $4,750 to $6,000, and money damages anywhere from $10,000 to more than $15,000. The cause was commenced before the court and a jury at a regular term *310on…
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