Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority v. Irizarry Cardell

This case is an aftermath of Water Resources Authority v. District Court, 65 P.R.R. 451. It requires us to decide the question we expressly left open in that case; i.e., whether in a suit for damages arising out of an automobile accident the district court could obtain jurisdiction over the owner of the car as a defendant, without personal service on the latter, (1) by attachment of his interest in an insurance policy covering such accidents and (2) by subsequent service of the defendant by publication based on the said attachment.

This is a suit by the Water Resources Authority against Oscar…