Legal Opinion
Mendez v. Bowie
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 19, 1941No. 3578PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAHONEY, Circuit Judge.
The appeal in this case is from a decree of the United States District Court for Puerto Rico dismissing the bill of complaint. The suit, entitled a bill for denial of servitude, was filed January 17, 1939, by the plaintiff, owner of certain land in Puerto Rico known as Mercedes. In the complaint it was alleged that on May 22, 1917, the plaintiff’s father, Manuel Mendez Dueño, who was then owner of the Mercedes land and other parcels, by deed No. 133 granted a perpetual right of way for a railroad line upon and across all and every one of the designated parcels in favor…
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