Blanco Romano v. Capital of Puerto Rico

In 1941 Alejandrina Blanco Romano purchased a lot of land which she sold to Luis Martínez Gelabert in 1942 for $700.15. Within a short time a controversy arose between Martínez and the Municipality because the latter claimed it owned the lot. In 1942 Martinez instituted a suit to quiet title to the lot and to require the Municipality to remove the ruins of an abandoned slaughter-house which had belonged to the Municipality and was located on the lot.

In 1943 Alejandrina Blanco and Martinez made an agreement to rescind the sale of the lot to the latter. Under this agreement Alejandrina Blanco…