Legal Opinion
Arecibo Radio Corporation v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 3, 1987No. 86-1840PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:
This appeal from the Federal District Court of the District of Puerto Rico presents another attempt to avoid the consequences of a default judgment in a state commonwealth court. The plaintiffs in this case were defendants in a Puerto Rico Superior Court suit to collect on notes and mortgages that they executed. Originally, they chose not to defend the action and allowed a default judgment to be entered against them. Later, they decided to move to vacate the judgment on procedural grounds. They were unsuccessful. Next, they filed their own complaint in Superior…
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