Calaf Y Fugurul v. Calaf Y Rivera
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT- OP PORTO RICO. The facts, which involve the construction of the laws of Porto Rico'relating to the recognition as heirs of natural children, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is á suit brought by the appellants against the testamentary heir of Salvador Calaf, seeking to have the institution of the defendant as heir declared void and the intestate succession of Salvador Calaf opened. The appellants alleged that four of them were natural children and the fifth the natural grandson of Ramon Calaf, and that they were his ab-intestate heirs; that Ramon was born on August 31, 1840 and died on October 9, 1895, his parents being Salvador Calaf and Maria Antonia Martinez, who, in short, had legal capacity to marry, and that Salvador recognized Ramon as his natural…
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