Araújo de Jiménez v. Arenas

MR. Justice Todd, Jr.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case the District Court of Humacao sustained the complaint and rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff, José Salgado Jiménez, and against the defendants, Rafael Arenas and Felipe Licha, on October 2, 1939. Each defendant in the proceedings had appeared separately, represented by his attorney. However, when they appealed from said judgment to this Supreme Court, they did so jointly in a single notice of appeal subscribed by their attorneys, and they affixed thereto a $5 internal revenue stamp. • The notice of appeal was filed…