Herminio Madera, Inc. v. Madera

MORTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit to recover on a promissory note and foreclose a mortgage on real estate by which the note is secured. The District. Court of San Juan gave judgment for the "defendant; on appeal the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico held that the plaintiff was entitled to recover; and the defendant has appealed. We shall refer to the parties plaintiff and defendant as they appeared in the trial court.

The essential fact’s are not in controversy. The defendant and his three brothers, Jose, Manuel, and Bautista, were in business together as partners, and also through three…