MARTINEZ MOLL v. LEVITT & SONS OF PUERTO RICO, INC.

No. 77-1380.

583 F.2d 565 (1978)

Jose MARTINEZ MOLL et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. LEVITT & SONS OF PUERTO RICO, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1978.

As Amended September 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall S. Wolff, Los Angeles, Cal., with whom C. Stephen Howard, Marilyn Clare, and Tuttle & Taylor, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., were on brief, for appellant.

Philip E. Roberts, Santurce, P. R., with whom Harry E. Woods and Woods & Woods, Santurce, P. R., were on brief, for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, MOORE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Levitt & Sons of Puerto Rico, Inc. (Levitt-Puerto Rico) appeals from a judgment for $357,000 in a diversity action brought against it by plaintiffs-appellees Jose M. Martinez Moll and Inez Cartagena Latorre. Central to plaintiffs' case was section 3374 of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico, which provides in pertinent part:

"Contracts shall only be valid between the parties who execute them and their heirs, . . .

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