Case Name: Mas v. The Registrar of Property
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1910-01-18
Citations: 16 P.R. 9
Docket Number: No. 47
Parties: Mas v. The Registrar of Property.
Judges: Chief Justice Hernández and Justices Higueras, Mac-Leary, Wolf and del Toro concurred..
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 9–10

Head Matter:
Mas v. The Registrar of Property.
Appear from a Decision of the Registrar of Property of Gnayama.
No. 47.
Decided January 18, 1910.
Appeal Taken by Notary Authenticating Deed — Party in Interest. — The act governing appeals from decisions of registrars of property, approved March 1, 1902, authorizes appeals to be taken by the interested parties only, from decisions of registrars of property, as established thereby, since that act, by its section 10, repealed all sections of the Mortgage Law in conflict with its provisions; and as notaries authenticating public instruments are not parties in interest, according to the provisions of section six of the Mortgage Law, they are, therefore, without the necessary capacity to take appeals from the decisions of registrars of property relating to instruments executed before them.
The appellant appeared in his own behalf.

Opinion:
Whereas, The administrative appeal to which the above-mentioned case refers was taken by José Mas y Gelpi, as the notary who authenticated the deed of voluntary mortgage the record whereof was entered according to memorandum of the Registrar of Property of G-uayama, on December 15,1909, wherein was noted, as curable defect, that Pedro Orcasitas had failed to show his representative capacity as general attorney in fact for Mercedes Muñoz, which record has been the object of aforesaid administrative appeal praying for a reversal of said memorandum with respect to the curable defect noted therein;
Whereas, By the act to provide for appeals from the decisions of registrars of property, approved March 1, 1902, only parties interested are authorized to take the administrative appeal established by the same act, which by its section 10 repealed all the articles of the Mortgage Law in conflict therewith; and as notaries authenticating public documents are not parties interested therein, according to article 6 of the Mortgage Law, they, for this reason, lack capacity, as such notaries, to interpose administrative appeals from the determinations of registrars of property, with, respect to documents executed- by themselves.
Now, Therefore, The administrative appeal taken in the-above-mentioned case is dismissed, and the document ordered to be returned to the Registrar of Property of Gruayama, that due effect may be given thereto, and the present decision to-be communicated to him for his information and guidance.
Dismissed.
Chief Justice Hernández and Justices Higueras, Mac-Leary, Wolf and del Toro concurred..