De Goenaga v. West Indies Trading Corp.

Mr. Chief Justice Negrón Fernández

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Miguel Francisco was the owner of a two-story concrete building with basement and garage, known as Edificio Rosales, situated in the intersection of Fernández Juncos and Ponce de León Avenues, in Martín Peña, Santurce. He had leased it to Conchita de Goenaga for the sum of $200 a month, for a five-year term which expired on December 1, 1944. Goenaga had established therein a business for the manufacture of women’s and children’s garments. At the expiration of the contract, Francisco refused to extend it, agreeing only to…