Case Name: Cesteros v. Navarro
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1905-06-12
Citations: 8 P.R. 549
Docket Number: No. 68
Parties: Cesteros v. Navarro.
Judges: Chief Justice Quiñones and Justices Hernandez, Figueras, MacLeary and Wolf concurred.
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 549–550

Head Matter:
Cesteros v. Navarro.
Appeal from the District Court of Guayama.
No. 68.
Decided June 12, 1905.
Appeal — Jurisdiction.—The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction of an appeal taken from a judgment of a district court rendered on appeal from the municipal court in a case where the value of the property claimed or the sum specified in the judgment, exclusive of the products and interest therein, does not exceed $300.
Mr. Emigdio Ginorio for appellant.
Mr. Manuel F. Rossy for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OP THE CO.UBT.
In view of the Act of the Legislative Assembly of this Island, approved March 9 last, section 6 of which limited the jurisdiction of this Supreme Court to take cognizance of the appeals referred to in the second subdivision of section 295 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to cases in which the value of the property claimed, or the sum specified in the judgment, exclusive of profit and interest thereon, shall exceed the sum of $300; and the opinions of this Supreme Court delivered in accordance with the provisions of such act on the 1st, 2d and 7th instant, in the proceedings instituted by The American Railroad Company of Porto Rico v. Francisco Hernández, for the recovery of damages; W. Lind v. A. A. David and The Porto Rico Cigar Company for the annulment of an order of payment, and Guillermo Fernández v. Eusebio Mogica for the recovery of a sum of money; and up'on the grounds upon which such judgments are based, which are set forth in the opinions therein rendered by the justices of this Supreme Court, Hon. J. H. MacLeary and Hon. Adolph Gr. Wolf, which grounds apply perfectly to this case, because the amount involved in the action does not exceed $300, the appeal taken in these proceedings by Doctor Rafael Cesteros from the judgment rendered by the District Court of Guayama on November 14, 1904, is dismissed, said judgment remaining therefore in full force and effect, no special taxation of costs being made.
It is ordered that a certified copy of this decision be forwarded to the court below for compliance therewith, and for such other purposes as may be proper in accordance with law.
Chief Justice Quiñones and Justices Hernandez, Figueras, MacLeary and Wolf concurred.