Rivera v. Cadierno

Roddy, Judge,

delivered the following opinion:

■ This is a suit at law for a breach of promise of marriage, with damages laid in the sum of $10,000. It is before the court at the present time on the application of the plaintiff for an order of arrest against the defendant under the Code.

The plaintiff alleges that she is an unmarried woman, a resident and citizen of Porto Rico, and fully competent to enter into a contract of marriage; that the defendant is a subject of the King of Spain and resident of Porto Rico, and that, until the committing of the grievance hereinafter mentioned, he also was…