Case Name: Borinquen Trading Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Heirs of García, Defendants and Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1923-03-08
Citations: 31 P.R. 581
Docket Number: No. 2980
Parties: Borinquen Trading Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Heirs of García, Defendants and Appellants.
Judges: Chief Justice Del Toro and Justices Aldrey, Hutchison and Franco Soto concurred.
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 31
Pages: 581–582

Head Matter:
Borinquen Trading Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Heirs of García, Defendants and Appellants.
Appeal from the Second District Court of San Juan in an Action of Debt. — Motion for Dismissal.
No. 2980.
Decided March 8, 1923.
Appeal — Frivolous Appeal.' — 'Where only the pleadings and orders are brought lip to the appellate court and on the face of the proceedings the complaint appears to be sufficient and the appellants neither appeared or opposed ■ the motion for dismissal, the said motion should be sustained.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
Mr. E. Rincón for the appellants.
Mr. F. Soto Gras for the appellee.

Opinion:
Me. Justice Wole
delivered the opinion of the court.
A motion for the dismissal of an appeal recites that ap-pellee was notified by the secretary of this court of 'the filing of .the transcript; that appellee was not notified of the filing of said transcript by appellant nor furnished with a copy of said transcript as required by the law and the rules of this court; that as would appear from the transcript itself there was a trial in which evidence was introduced, yet no statement of the case or the like was prepared and hence the appeal was frivolous.
The complaint sets up the sale of an automobile, the signing by ancestor of defendants of an obligation for the purchase of an automobile amounting to $1,500 and interest, and other averments as to the delivery of the automobile and the like. The defendants answered with a general denial and setting up a lack of a cause of action. There was a trial and a judgment for the complainant. At the hearing of this case the appellants appeared but did not argue the case.
On the face of the proceedings the complaint appears to be sufficient. The alleged insufficiency of the said Complaint is the only matter that could now be raised. The appeal, therefore, seems to be frivolous and as appellants have presented nothing or urged nothing to the contrary, the motion to dismiss should prevail.
Appeal dismissed.
Chief Justice Del Toro and Justices Aldrey, Hutchison and Franco Soto concurred.