Roig v. Central Pasto Viejo, Inc.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Supreme Court of Porto Rico, affirming a judgment of the district court of Humaeao. The case is described as one of legal redemption by a co-owner, exercising a right given by sections 1424, 1425, and 1427 of the Civil Code of Porto Rico. These sections are as follows:

“1424. Legal redemption is the right to be subrogated, with the same conditions stipulated in the contract, in the place of the person who acquires a thing by purchase or in payment of a debt.

“1425. A co-owner of a thing held in common may exercise the redemption…