Legal Opinion

Estela v. Heirs of Medraño

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided May 21, 1937No. 6878Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hutchison

delivered tbe opinion of the court.

This is a filiation suit based on subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 125 of the Civil Code (1930 ed.). In the view we take of the case, the sufficiency of the proof ■ as to alleged concubinage during the pregnancy of the mother is the only *532question that need he considered. The district judge, relying on a certain dictum or certain dicta in the dissenting opinion filed in Colón v. Heirs of Tristani, 44 P.R.R. 163, found that concubinage had not been established by the evidence because the putative father, although he spent most of his leisure time with his…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Succession of JahrausSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
  2. Succession of FilhiolSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  3. Ledoux v. Her HusbandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1855

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