Guadalupe Guadalupe v. Rodríguez

Mr. Chief Justice De Jesús

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1929 Joaquín L. Rodriguez, defendant herein, brought an action in the District Court of Humacao against Alejan-drina Guadalupe Ortiz and her minor children, plaintiffs herein, to recover the sum of $2,548.15. The defendants failed to appear in that case and the cleric entered their default and rendered judgment for the amount claimed. Thereafter the property described in the complaint was sold at public auction and adjudicated to the then plaintiff Joaquin L.' Rodriguez on April 21, 1930 for $500 as partial payment of the…