Valdes v. Larrinaga
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR PORTO RICO. The facts, which involve the validity of a judgment, on contract for services entered by the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico, are stated in the opinion. Complainant had a full, adequate and complete remedy at law, and was not entitled to specific performance, accounting or any other equitable, relief. No fraud either legal or actual was alleged or proved.
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APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR PORTO RICO. The facts, which involve the validity of a judgment, on contract for services entered by the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico, are stated in the opinion. Complainant had a full, adequate and complete remedy at law, and was not entitled to specific performance, accounting or any other equitable, relief. No fraud either legal or actual was alleged or proved. Even if it did exist, it would not be ground for equitable jurisdiction. The contract was purely one of employment and not of a partnership. No other…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill in equity for an account under a contract between the parties, upon which the plaintiff (appellee), obtained a decree for $13,000 and interest. The contract was embodied in letters, as follows, according to the official translation: On October 30,1898, Valdes wrote to Larrinaga reciting that he had applied for ‘a water franchise from the river Plata, place called Salto, for the purpose of developing electric power/ while Larrinaga was Assistant Secretary of 'Fomento/ (now Department of the Interior), and going on, “So that you may help me in getting it through, and in all the…
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