Legal Opinion
Benitez v. Bank of Nova Scotia
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 20, 1940No. 3561PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a decree of fore- • closure rendered by the United States District Court for Puerto Rico.
On October 20, 1936, the Bank of Nova Scotia, appellee herein, filed in the District Court a bill in equity against Benitez Sugar Company, a corporation, and various persons, including the present appellant, individually and as members of the “Comunidad” Jose J. Benitez e Hijos, seeking foreclosure of certain securities and of a crop lien in satisfaction of various joint and several obligations of the corporation and the Comunidad.
This Comunidad had large holdings of land on the’…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
- Travieso v. McCormickSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1939
- Sucesores De Jose Maria Ortiz v. Royal BankCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1934
- Vargas v. Registrador de la Propiedad de AguadillaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1940
- Yabucoa Sugar Co. v. United Porto Rican BankCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932
3Cited by2 opinions
- Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942
- Benitez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1944