Madera v. Metropolitan Construction Corp.

On January 4,1960, Herminio Madera and Eulogio Riera, without the presence of their respective wives, executed *627a private deed of sale signed before a notary by virtue of which they sold to the Metropolitan Construction Corporation, a parcel of land which belonged to the conjugal partnerships which they had constituted with their wives.1 Four months and a half later, on May 16, Mrs. Rodríguez Ema *628Madera .brought an action for declaratory judgment to. determine that in the absence of her express consent, the contract in question did not affect the dominion title which the conjugal-partnership…