Dooley v. Pantoja

The plaintiff herein sued for revendication of a house described in the complaint. The defendant answered alleging that he was the owner of the house by purchase from Flo-rentino Rios, who had bought it from José Baldrich. Bal-drich, according to the defendant, bought the house from Félix Gfuzmán, who had bought it by private deed executed by one Collazo, agent of the plaintiff. After a trial on the merits, the district court, finding that Collazo had sold the house “without being authorized to do so”, entered judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant has appealed from that judgment. Counsel…