Cardona v. Quinones
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF PORTO RICO. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction and practice of -this court in appeals from judgments of .the Supreme Court of Porto Rico and -the. validity of a judgment of that court, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
Both courts below rejected the claim of title made by the appellant to a tract of land of 40 cuerdas. As the appeal was prayed within the statutory time, the mere date of ifs allowance by. the court is not controlling and the motion to dismiss which proceeds upon a contrary assumption is therefore without foundation and is overruled. United States v. Vigil, 10 Wall. 423, 427.
Obviously upon the theory that our power to review was controlled by the rule obtaining as to territorial courts of the United States this record, as was the case in Elzaburu v. Chavez, 239 U. S. 283, contain a statement…
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