Kessler v. Domenech

Mb. Chiee Justice Del Tobo

delivered the opinion of the court.

Chain Grlikka Isaraelevna Kessler and twelve other persons, all residing abroad, as testamentary heirs of Esther Bessie Boerman, took an appeal to the District Court of San Juan from the appraisal of the estate of Mrs. Boerman and from the assessment of ta,xes thereon made by the Treasurer of Puerto Rico, and prayed for the recovery of the sum of $684.26 which they paid on May 19, 1932, tog-ether with costs, interest, and attorney’s fees.

In their petition they alleged, in short, the following; facts:

Their ancestor Mrs. Boerman, in…