ESQUILIN v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 312-60.

196 F.Supp. 600 (1961)

Matilde Natividad Zayas Castro Viuda De Cruz ESQUILIN, Benjamin Cruz Zayas, Olga Cruz Zayas, Angelica Cruz Zayas, Lucila Cruz Zayas, Nicolas Cruz Zayas, Jose Alberto Cruz Zayas, Sonia Cruz Zayas, Plaintiffs, v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Puerto Rico.

April 14, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nachman & Feldstein, San Juan, P. R., for plaintiffs.

Hartzell, Fernandez & Novas, Vicente Ydrach, San Juan, P. R., for defendant.


CONNOR, District Judge.*

After hearing and upon consideration of the motion to strike, it is my conclusion that this motion should be denied. While the term "loss of expectancy of inheritance" may leave room for more apt expression, the item of damage to be sought is fairly implied. The statute (Civil Code 1930, Section 1802, L.P.R.A.; Title 31, Section 5141) is general in its terms rather than restrictive of any particular concept of...

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