Plazuela Sugar Co. v. Pastoriza
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from and in Error to the Supreme Court of Porto Rico. Action by José Maria Torres Pastoriza and others against the Plazuela Sugar Company, begun in the district court for Porto Rico, where the complaint was dismissed. On appeal to the Supreme Court for Porto Rico, there was a judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, Circuit Judge.
Both these proceedings seek the reversal of a judgment rendered by the Porto Rican Supreme Court July 28, 1916. The judgment was rendered in a case originally brought by the appellees and defendants in error here, hereinafter called plaintiffs, in the district court of Arecibo, against the appellant and plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant.
There is no dispute that the defendant, a corporation operating a sugar mill in Arecibo, had in 1907 or 1908 built a private railroad, which crossed lands owned by the plaintiffs, and had since operated said railroad by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cardona v. QuinonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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