Salas v. Doe

Julia Liberata Salas, known as Nelly Salas, filed on December 21, 1949, in the former District Court of Maya-güez, a petition for filiation against John Doe and Richard Roe, heirs of Domingo Torréns Díaz. On March 24 of the following year, the People of Puerto Rico appeared by motion alleging “that since the alleged natural father of Domingo Torréns Díaz, plaintiff herein, had died leaving no known relatives with the right to inherit his property, such property belonged to the People of Puerto Rico under the provisions of § § 912 and 913 of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico, and to that end the…