Cardona v. Quinones

Citations

• 240 U.S. 83
• 36 S. Ct. 346
• 60 L. Ed. 538
• 1916 U.S. LEXIS 1428

Syllabus

<p>Where the appeal is prayed within the statutory time, the mere date of its allowance by the court is not controlling. United States v. Vigil, 10 Wall. 423.</p> <p>Where the record in an appeal from the Supreme Court of Porto Rico-contains a statement of fact prepared by the court below; and there is an entire absence of evidence, except as contained in such statement and the opinion, this court can only dispose of the legal propositions in the light of the facts as so shown and elucidated.</p> <p>It is the settled doctrine of the court not to disturb but, in the absence-of clear error, to uphold,' the action of the court below as. to matters •concerning purely local law.</p> <p>Both courts below having, in an action to recover real estate in Porto Rico, upheld thp ten year, prescription under the code, and also having found that appellant was not a third person entitled as such' to the benefits of the recording provisions of the Mortgage Law, this court affirms the judgment.</p> <p>20 Porto Rico, 421, affirmed.</p>