Legal Opinion
Martínez v. District Court of San Juan
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Decided January 17, 1927No. 543Published
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolf
María E. Martinez began a suit against Juan Suáírez Pérez for seduction under promise of marriage. The suit was brought by Luis Méndez Yaz as her attorney. Subsequently María E. Martinez, it appears, tried to dismiss the action and out of court instructed her attorney, Luis Méndez Vaz, to dismiss it. As he did not do so she prepared a motion to that effect to be presented in court and employed another attorney solely for the purpose of dismissing the action and, as it also appears, not for a continuation of the same. When the motion for a dismissal and the naming of a'new attorney were…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Walker v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Martin v. . CampNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Barnes v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Ingersoll v. CoramSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- In Re PaschalSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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