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Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority v. District Court of Bayamón

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided January 23, 1947No. Nos. 1655, 1656, and 1657Published

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Travieso

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

The Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority filed in this court three petitions for certiorari which involving, as they do, identical facts and the same legal question, will he decided in a single opinion herein.

*798Fernando Acevedo brought, in the District Court of Ba~ yamón, an action against the Water Resources Authority, claiming the sum of $15,000 as damages for the destruction by fire of a house owned by him. He alleged that the fire was caused by the electric current which the defendant supplied to the tenants of said house for light and power service, and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Coca Cola Co. v. Dixi-Cola Laboratories, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1939
  3. Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. v. United Artists CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1940
  4. Byers Theaters, Inc. v. MurphyDistrict Court, D. West Virginia · 1940
  5. Boysell Co. v. HaleDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1939

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