González Vélez v. Superior Court of Puerto Rico

Petitioner herein, Mr. José Celso González Yélez, prays that we set aside an order of the Superior Court of Puerto Rico, Ponce Part, denying a trial de novo sought by petitioner in order to perfect his appeal from a judgment rendered against him by the District Court of Puerto Rico.

The principal ground on which he based his- petition for certiorari is that the Superior Court of Puerto Rico, Ponce Part, committed a procedural error in deciding that the “Rules for Appeals from the District Court to the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,” adopted by this Court on October 7, 1952,…