CORDOVA v. FOLGUERAS

Nos. 141, 160.

227 U.S. 375 (1913)

CORDOVA v. FOLGUERAS Y RIJOS. DUMEY v. HERNANDEZ Y BELLO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. N.B.K. Pettingill for appellants.

No appearance for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The first of these suits was brought by the appellant, in 1908, it would seem, to have herself declared a natural daughter and entitled to a share of the estate of Don Santiago Rijos Correa, who died on April 29, 1869. The appellees demurred to the complaint on the grounds adverted to in Burnet v. Desmornes, 226 U.S. 145. By the Civil Code of 1889, Art. 137, actions...

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