ALVAREZ-CRESPO v. OLAVARRIA-RIVERA

No. 92-2147.

994 F.2d 35 (1993)

Noemi ALVAREZ-CRESPO and Luis Felipe Rivera-Royal, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Mateo OLAVARRIA-RIVERA and Antonia Olavarria, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José A. Cestero-Rodríguez, with whom José A. Andréu-Fuentes, was on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Nydia González-Ortiz, with whom Emiliano Irizarry-Castro and Puerto Rico Legal Services, was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, and TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This dispute involves the ownership of a house in Camuy, Puerto Rico. After a jury found for appellees, the district court denied appellants' alternative motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial. We affirm the district court's judgment.

BACKGROUND

The parties agree to the following facts for the purposes of this appeal. Appellants, Mateo and Antonia Olavarria...

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