Heirs of Pérez Pérez v. Gual

Mr. Justice Pérez Pimentel

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The heirs of Salvador Pérez Pérez leased a building located at 1465 Ponce de León Ave., Santurce, Puerto Rico, to Felipe López, who operated a furniture business under the trade name of Borinquen Furniture Co. López sold that business to Tomás E. Gual, codefendant and appellee herein. In a proceeding for declaratory judgment, we held that Gual was in possession of the latter real property by virtue of a verbal contract of lease entered into by him and Rosa Pérez Pérez and her husband Salvador Pérez y Pérez, the latter being the…