· 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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