Simonds v. Registrar of Humacao
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Appeal from a Decision of the Registrar of Property Refusing Admission to Record of a Deed of Assignment. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolf
The registrar in this case refused record to an assignment of an instalment of rent for a piece of land substantially on the ground that the right that a lessor has to recover rent of his lessee is a purely personal obligation between such lessor andHessee and is not a real contract, or real right, and therefore not subject to record in the registry of property. The registrar partially relies on the decision of this court in the case of the Banco Territorial y Agrícola et al. v. The Registrar of Caguas, 19 P. R. R., 983.
Harold I. Sewall, the owner of the farm “San Antonio”, leased the same to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Swan v. . InderliedNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Godchaux v. BaumanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1892
- Trulock v. DonahueSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888