Monagas v. Albertucci
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF PORTO RICO. The facts, which involve the extent of the power of this court on appeal from the Supreme Court of Porto Rico and also the validity of a judgment of that court holding that a transfer of property was a conditional sale that had become absolute and was not a mortgage, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
Only that which is deemed necessary for the decision of the case is stated, bearing in mind that our power is con fined to determining whether error of law was committed in admitting or rejecting evidence and whether the findings of fact are adequate to sustain the conclusions based on them. Rosaly v. Graham, 227 U. S. 584, 590.
The appellants sued in August, 1909, to recover immovable property upon the ground that a contract of sale made by them of the property in September, 1906, subject to a right to redeem was not a sale subject to condition, but a mortgage, and, therefore, although the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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