Santos v. Porto Rican Express Co.

The question is whether this case should be tried in the District Court of Mayagüez or in the District Court of San Juan.

Plaintiff, a dealer in firearms, doing business under the name Federal Sportcraft Co., alleged that the employees of the defendant in New York marked a certain shipment of revolvers and parts thereof as “cotton goods” and that as a result of this misrepresentation, plaintiff was subjected to an investigation by Federal and Insular government agents and suffered serious loss in the business which he carried on in Añasco, within the judicial district of Mayagüez. Defendant, a…