VEVE v. SANCHEZ

No. 42.

226 U.S. 234 (1912)

VEVE v. SANCHEZ.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 2, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Hartzell, with whom Mr. Manuel Rodriguez-Serra was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Jose R.F. Savage, with whom Mr. Hector H. Scoville was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.

In 1885 Jose Avalo Sanchez mortgaged to Dona Maria Diaz y Siaca a sugar plantation in Porto Rico known as Bello Sitio, described as containing 400 cuerdas, and bounded on the north, south, east and west by the colindantes, or adjoining land owners, whose names were given. Suit to foreclose was instituted in 1889 and at the end of three years the mortgagee obtained a decree which, however,

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