Case Name: Monserrate et al v. Valls
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1904-11-04
Citations: 7 P.R. 427
Docket Number: No. 52
Parties: Monserrate et al v. Valls.
Judges: Chief Justice Quiñones and Justices Hernández, Figueras, and Wolf concurred.
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 427–428

Head Matter:
Monserrate et al v. Valls.
Appeal from the District Court of Guayama.
No. 52.
Decided November 4, 1904.
Mandamus — Party Beneficially Interested. — The petitioner in an application ' for mandamus must be a party beneficially interested in the acts of which performance is sought by virtue of such proceeding.
STATEMENT OP THE CASE.
Angel Monserrate and Pedro Comas, as members of the local board of the “Partido Unionista de Puerto Rico” in Santa Isabel, filed in the District Court of Guayama an application for a writ of mandamus against the board of registration of electoral precinct No. 21 of the municipality of Santa Isabel, directed to Juan Yalls, as president thereof, to compel him to proceed to the registration of sixty-seven electors who had a right to vote in the general election, and who, for certain reasons, were not registered. The District Court of Guayama denied the application, and the petitioners took an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Mr. Bernardini, for petitioners.
The respondents did not appear.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice MacLeary
delivered the opinion of the court.
The applicants in this case do not show themselves to be parties interested in this matter in such a way as to qualify them to present a petition for mandamus, and the writ was for that reason properly denied. Reference may be had to the case of Casalduc, just decided, for a sufficient discussion of tire only question involved.
Tlie judgment of the District Court of Guayama is correct and should he affirmed.
Affirmed.
Chief Justice Quiñones and Justices Hernández, Figueras, and Wolf concurred.