Benítez v. Benítez-Gómez
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wole
delivered tbe opinion of tlie court.
A creditor having in his favor a mortgage nevertheless *217elected to file an ordinary suit to recover Ms debt. The said creditor obtained an attachment before judgment, a judgment by default, executed on the property covered by the mortgage and bought in the property himself at the execution sale. We have before us a suit to annul all or some of the foregoing proceedings.
The District Court of San Juan, Second Section, sustained a demurrer to the complaint on the ground that the judgment of another court of equal jurisdiction could not be attacked in this form.…
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