Buscaglia v. District Court of San Juan

This is perhaps one of the most important cases ever submitted for decision by this court in the history of this court. It involves serious social problems and legal questions which are intimately related. Among them is the determination of the rule which shall prevail in this jurisdiction as to the standing of a taxpayer to bring an injunction proceeding such as that involved herein.

Before stating, considering, and deciding the three fundamental questions involved in this suit, it is desirable to make a resumé of the facts about which there is no controversy.

On November 27, 1942, the…