Cuebas v. Cuebas
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PORTO RICO. The appellant, asserting herself to be a citizen of the Island of Porto Rico, filed this bill to foreclose a mortgage upon a plantation on the Island called “Carmelita.”
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PORTO RICO. The appellant, asserting herself to be a citizen of the Island of Porto Rico, filed this bill to foreclose a mortgage upon a plantation on the Island called “Carmelita.” The defendants to the bill were three in number, namely, Cuebas y Arredondo, alleged to be a citizen of the United States, residing in Porto Rico, Francisco Antongiorgi, described as a citizen of and residing in Porto Rico, and El Banco Territorial y Agricola, alleged to be a corporation organized under the laws of Spain, and a citizen thereof, doing business…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Lurton,
after stating the facts as' above,' delivered the opinion of the court.
The bank is not a party to this appeal. Thé appellant has elected to dismiss her bill, both as to it and the other Porto Rican defendant, Antóngiorgi, for the express purpose of creating jurisdiction of a suit between complainant, a citizen of the Island of Porto Rico, and the remaining original defendant, Felipe Cuebas, a citizen of the United States. Her bill, as amended, contains no reference to the bank, or even of its existence. It was the bill, as thus amended, which was dismissed by the court. We…
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