Reilly v. Frias

The plaintiff, a contractor, in 1899 arrived in Cuba after the close of the Spanish-American war and prior to the establishment of the republic of Cuba. In the month of February, 1902, after spending some time in Havana, he went to the city of Cienfuegos. He remained there for the purpose of meeting the defendant Frias, who at that time was a man of large influence in his country, a lawyer in active practice, and a leader in his political party. He had been mayor of the city of Cienfuegos, and a professor of law in the National Hniversity. He had been elected a member of the Cuban senate, of…