Nadal v. May
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the district court of the united states for PORTO RICO. The facts, which involve the validity of title to land in Porto Rico, and determination of the date when the Civil Code of 1902 went into effect, are stated in the opinion. The new Civil Code did not go into effect until July 1, 1902, and the controlling conveyance of June 2, 19t)2, under the then existing Spanish Civil Code was properly made by the husband without the consent of the wife.
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ERROR to the district court of the united states for PORTO RICO. The facts, which involve the validity of title to land in Porto Rico, and determination of the date when the Civil Code of 1902 went into effect, are stated in the opinion. The new Civil Code did not go into effect until July 1, 1902, and the controlling conveyance of June 2, 19t)2, under the then existing Spanish Civil Code was properly made by the husband without the consent of the wife. The will under which plaintiff claims conveys to him no interest in "Carmen.” As a bona fide purchaser for value ("third person”) the People…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit by the plaintiff in error to establish his title to one-half interest in a plantation called ‘Carmen,’ as devisee of his aunt, Altagracia Nadal. It is alleged that the plantation was bought with the separate money of Altagracia Nadal by her husband, after marriage; that she became the owner of one undivided half, subject to the administration of her husband until the termination of the conjugal partnership, and that this .half passed to her devisee at her death. The complaint admits that after the purchase the husband' purported to convey the whole plantation to a third person…
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