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· 5/31/1951

Cortez v. Heirs of Solá López

Citations

  • 72 P.R. 585

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that the Puerto Rico Supreme Court has adopted the federal jurisprudence regarding general enforceability of forum selection clauses
  • writing that the “consent and the contract expressing such consent, enjoy a presumption of validity” absent error, violence, intimidation, or deceit
  • noting that \there is no conflict between federal common law and Puerto Rico law regarding the enforceability of forum-selection clauses.\
  • stating that the Puerto Rico Supreme Court has adopted the federal jurisprudence regarding general enforceability of forum selection clauses
  • citando a L. Diez-Picazo, Fundamentos de Derecho Civil Patrimonial, 2da ed., Madrid, Ed. Tecnos, 1983, Vol. I, Cap. IV, a la pág. 99
  • ‘When the terms of a contract, its conditions and exclusions, are clear and specific, and leave no room for ambiguity or for diverse interpretations, they should be thus applied”

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Judges: Fernández

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