Porto Rico v. Russell
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Porto Rico; Hamilton, Judge. Suit by the Fortuna Estates against Rafaela Castillo Veitia and others, in which Russell & Co. were substituted as plaintiffs, and in which the People of Porto Rico intervened. Decree for the plaintiffs,- and the- intervener appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Porto Rico; Hamilton, Judge. Suit by the Fortuna Estates against Rafaela Castillo Veitia and others, in which Russell & Co. were substituted as plaintiffs, and in which the People of Porto Rico intervened. Decree for the plaintiffs,- and the- intervener appeals. The affirmative defense set up in the intervener’s answer alleged that the rights which plaintiffs claimed belonged in effect to the South Porto- Rican Sugar Company, a corporation which owned more than 500 acres of land .in the island of Porto Rico, in violation…
1Opinion of the Court
BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
This is the same controversy over water rights in the Jacaguas river in Porto Rico which was before this court, under the name Veitia v. Fortuna Estates, 240 Fed. 256, 153 C. C. A. 182, decided December 29, 1916. The present appellees, hereinafter referred to as plaintiffs, are a partnership and are the successors in title of the original plaintiff, the Fortuna Estates.
Both the Fortuna Estates and the original defendants had entered into contracts with the people of Porto Rico pursuant to its irrigation laws. The Fortuna Estates had the earlier contract, and in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Porto Rico v. Rosaly Y CastilloSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Veitia v. Fortuna EstatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1917
- Grigsby v. MillerDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1917
3Cited by5 opinions
- People of Porto Rico v. HavemeyerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932
- Puerto Rico v. Russell & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Russell & Co. v. People of Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
- Havemeyer v. AboyDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1924
- Puerto Rico v. Russell & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942