Case Name: Julia Fornaris-Roig, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Francisco Font, Defendant and Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1926-06-26
Citations: 35 P.R. 559
Docket Number: No. 3763
Parties: Julia Fornaris-Roig, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Francisco Font, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 559–559

Head Matter:
Julia Fornaris-Roig, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Francisco Font, Defendant and Appellant.
No. 3763.
Argued May 25, 1926.
Decided June 26, 1926.
Leopoldo Tormes for the appellant. Rafael V. Pérez Marchand for tbe appellee.

Opinion:
Me. Justice Hutchison
delivered the opinion of the court.
At the instance of plaintiff in a suit on a promissory note the court below rendered judgment on the pleading's for the •amount specified in the complaint.
Plaintiff alleg-ed execution, delivery and non-payment of a note subscribed before á notary and set forth in full in the complaint.
The unverified answer admitted the execution and authenticity of the note. Section 119 of the Code of Civil Procedure; Chiques v. Polo, 15 P.R.R. 257; Bennett v. Boschetti, 31 P.R.R. 809. But defendant denied delivery and non-payment of the note and alleged the non-existence of any indebtedness whatever.
Issue having been joined upon these points it was incumbent upon plaintiff at least to prove possession of the note. It follows that the entry of a judgment upon the pleadings was improper.
Davanay v. Eggenhoff, 43 Cal. 395; Martin v. Porter, 84 Cal. 476, 479, 24 Pac. 109; Derby v. Jackman, 89 Cal. 1, 3, 26 Pac. 610.
The judgment appealed from must be reversed.