Martínez Rivera v. Sancho Bonet

Mr. Justice De Jesús

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff is the owner of a rural property containing forty-seven acres (cuerdas), which is located in the ward of Abras, Corozal, and which he purchased as a part of a larger tract by deed No. 10 executed on March 27, 1930, before Notary Rafael Buscaglia. Said property has appeared in the taxpayers’ list in the name of the plaintiff ever since 1932. Prior thereto it appeared as belonging to Tomás Anza-lota. The plaintiff paid the taxes corresponding to the fiscal years 1933-34 and 1934-35, but on October 19, 1936, the Collector of…