National City Bank v. District Court of Humacao

Mb. Chibe Justice Del Toto

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal taken to the Supreme Court from a decision of one of its justices, making permanent an alternative writ of prohibition directed to one of the district judges of the Island. The appeal was taken pursuant to section 9 of the Act fixing the duration of the terms of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, approved March 1, 1902, as amended by Act No. 59 of 1931 (Session Laws, p. 404), which reads as follows:

“Section 9. — One of the justices of the Supreme Court shall always remain in the Capital of Porto Rico when the Court…