CABRERA v. AMERICAN COLONIAL BANK

No. 136.

214 U.S. 224 (1909)

CABRERA v. AMERICAN COLONIAL BANK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1909.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis H. Dexter for appellants.

Mr. N.B.K. Pettingill for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellants, to sustain their contention that the bill of sale was an absolute conveyance and accomplished payment of the debts to the bank, quote provisions of the Spanish Civil Code which, it is said, was in force in Porto Rico until 1902, which provides that the obligations of contracts must be complied with according to their...

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