Noble v. Gallardo Y Seary

Citations

• 223 U.S. 65
• 32 S. Ct. 194
• 56 L. Ed. 353
• 1912 U.S. LEXIS 2214

Syllabus

<p>A court of equity being, a novelty in Porto Rico, it would be unjust to apply its doctrines to the conduct of parties during thp period that was not governed by any rules peculiar to chancery courts.</p> <p>The right to foreclose liens on crops under a mortgage executed in 1865, which is contested on the ground of laches, shoúld be determined according to Spanish law as it prevailed during the time when laches is claimed to have taken place, and not according to the doctrines of our. equity courts. . ‘</p>