Case Name: Succession of Rodríguez, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Succession of Torres, Defendant and Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1915-11-08
Citations: 23 P.R. 199
Docket Number: No. 1392
Parties: Succession of Rodríguez, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Succession of Torres, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: Chief Justice Hernandez and Justices Wolf and del Toro concurred.
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 199–200

Head Matter:
Succession of Rodríguez, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Succession of Torres, Defendant and Appellant.
Appeal from the District Court Court of Ponce in an Action to Set Aside Foreclosure Proceedings.
Motion of Appellee for Dismissal of the Appeal.
No. 1392.
Decided November 8, 1915.
Appeal — Succession—Judgment—Parties.—When it is alleged in the complaint that the defendants compose the succession of another person because they are his heirs, a judgment rendered against any of them affects the others and consequently affects the succession of said person, therefore an appeal taken in the name of the succession is an appeal in the name of all the defendants and it is not necessary that the appeal be taken individually by any of the heirs affected by the judgment.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
Mr. José G. Torres for the plaintiff.
Messrs. José Tons Soto and Manuel Tons Soto for the defendant.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Aldrey
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought against the Succession of Manuel Torres, composed of his widow and children whose names are set out in the complaint. Judgment having been rendered setting aside certain foreclosure proceedings prosecuted by Manuel Torres as well as tbe sale made to him therein of a certain property and ordering that' three of the defendant heirs to whom the same was allotted in the partition of the estate return it to the plaintiff succession, the present appeal was taken from the said judgment in the name of the Succession of Manuel Torres and the appellees have moved for dismissal of the same on the ground that it was not taken individually by any of the three heirs who were affected by the judgment.
It having been alleged in the complaint that' the defendants compose, the succession of another person because they are his heirs, the judgment rendered against any of them would affect the others and consequently the succession of the said person; therefore the appeal taken in the name, of the succession is an appeal in the name of all of the defendants.
The motion should be
Overruled.
Chief Justice Hernandez and Justices Wolf and del Toro concurred.
Mr. Justice Hutchison took no part in the decision of this case.