Souffront v. La Compagnie Des Sucreries De Porto Rico
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 'FOR PORTO RICO. The facts are stated in the opinion. • Those who acquire a title before any suit brought by the vendors or former owners are not to be considered as privies to such suit or a judgment thereon.
Read the full summary
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 'FOR PORTO RICO. The facts are stated in the opinion. • Those who acquire a title before any suit brought by the vendors or former owners are not to be considered as privies to such suit or a judgment thereon. Freeman on Judgments, 1st ed., § 162; Dull v. Blackman, 169 Ü. S. 248; Kerr v. Watts, 6 Wheat. 560; Canon River Mfg..A$sn. v. Rogers, 43 N.’W. Rep. 792; Sessions v. Johnson, 95 U.' S. 347; Graham v. La Crosse M. R. Company, 3 Wall. 704. A party hot concluded or bound by a judgment cannot invoke such judgment as estoppel against others.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
■In July, 1906, plaintiffs in error, commenced this action in the District Court' of the United States for the District' of Porto Rico, to recover, from the defendants, in error, the possession of certain described real- estate and. damages from April 12, 1904, for unlawfully withholding possession thereof. •The right to'.the relief sought was based upon the averment that one Clemente de Fleuriah, at his death, on February- 24, 1892, was seized in fee and entitled to the possession of the premises, and that he died intestate, leaving the plaintiffs— his widow and two children — “as his legal…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lovejoy v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Dull v. BlackmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
3Cited by150 opinions
- Montana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- St. Louis Baptist Temple, Inc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- 12 Collier bankr.cas.2d 899, Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,345 in Re Teltronics Services, Inc., Debtor. Anaconda-Ericsson Inc., as Successor by Merger to Lm Ericsson Telecommunications, Inc. v. Jules J. Hessen, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Teltronics Services, Inc., Michael M. Rand and Gregory T. Frese, Teltronics Services, Inc., and Edward M. Beagan v. Anaconda-Ericsson Inc., Lm Ericsson Telephone Company, and Ericsson Telecomm, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- United States v. CandelariaSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
145 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.