Heirs of Trías Silva v. Porto Rico Leaf Tobacco Co.

Plaintiffs, in a revendicatory action, appeal from a judg.ment of dismissal rendered after a trial on the merits. Ama-dor Trias Silva, in 1896, executed a mortgage in favor of Modesto Munitiz. Later, Munitiz assigned the mortgage to the Porto Rico Leaf Tobacco Company. Trias died in 1900. Plaintiffs are his heirs. In 1907 the Porto Rico Leaf Tobacco ■Company instituted a summary foreclosure proceeding in the •Guayama District Court against Trias. The judge of the ■Guayama District Court, believing himself to be disqualified, sent the case to the District Court of San Juan. The mortgaged…