Banco de Ponce v. Iriarte

¥r„. Justice Todd, Jit.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Banco de Ponce brought, in the District Court of Ponce, an action to recover the amount of two joint and several promissory notes which were executed by the defendants and in which the latter expressly submitted themselves to the jurisdiction of the Ponce courts. On March 24, 1941, the defendants moved for a change of venue to the District Court of Humacao because the defendant Adolfo G-arcia Yeve was domiciled in the latter district and the action involved was a personal action. The'motion was denied on April 22, 1941, on the ground…