Morales v. Vélez

I dissent from the opinion of this Court. The problem raised in this appeal refers exclusively to the sufficiency of the evidence introduced by the plaintiff to warrant a divorce decree for cruel treatment and grave injury, since the San Juan Court validly decided the conflicting evidence in favor of the plaintiff. I am convinced that the evidence introduced by the plaintiff and believed by the trial court was sufficient to show a case of cruel treatment or grave injury.

Before entering into a discussion of the evidence introduced, we must assume that in order to establish the ground of cruel…