People v. García Chávez del Valle

Mr. Justice de Jesús

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Commissioner of the Interior, in representation of the People of Puerto Rico, instituted two condemnation proceedings in the lower court against Manuel Raimundo García Chávez and his wife Ramona González, in order to take a certain land from defendants for the purpose of widening and improving Highway No. 2 in the place known as Gua-jataca between Quebradillas and Isabela. The proceeding filed under No. 5520 was presented in September, 1943, and No. R-981, in October, 1944. The latter refers to a parcel of land of 0.3053 acres…