Opinion · Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Sancho v. Acevedo

93 F.2d 331

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1937-12-08
Topic
general

BINGHAM, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico dismissing an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the District Court of San Juan, on the ground that the appeal was frivolous as it had previously decided a like question in a case where it had held that the Legislature of Puerto Rico had no power to enact a law by joint resolution. The question raised is the same as the one decided by this court on December 8, 1937, in the case of Sancho v. Valiente & Company, 1 Cir., 93 F.2d 327, where it was held that, under section 34 of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico of 1917, 48 U.S.C.A. §§ 822-841, 843, 844, no valid law could be enacted by the Legislature of Puerto Rico ex*332cept by bill. The question here presented is governed by that decision.

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SANCHO v. ACEVEDO,93 F.2d 331(1st Cir. 1937)
SANCHO, Treasurer, v. ACEVEDO.
No. 3229.
Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
December 8, 1937.
Appeal from the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.

Action by Pedro Acevedo Quiles against Rafael Sancho Bonet, Treasurer of Puerto Rico. From a judgment dismissing an appeal by defendant from a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

Affirmed.
Col. William C. Rigby, of Washington, D.C. (B. Fernandez Garcia, of San Juan, P.R., and Nathan R. Margold, of Washington, D.C., on the brief), for appellant.

O.B. Frazer, of New York City (Valenten Polancode Jesus, of Ciales, P.R., on the brief), for appellee.
Before BINGHAM, WILSON, and MORTON, Circuit Judges.
BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico dismissing an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the District Court of San Juan, on the ground that the appeal was frivolous as it had previously decided a like question in a case where it had held that the Legislature of Puerto Rico had no power to enact a law by joint resolution.

The question raised is the same as the one decided by this court on December 8, 1937, in the case of Sancho v. Valiente Company, 1 Cir.,93 F.2d 327, where it was held that, under section 34 of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico of 1917,48 U.S.C.A. §§ 822-841, 843, 844, no valid law could be enacted by the Legislature of Puerto Rico exceptPage 332by bill. The question here presented is governed by that decision.

The judgment of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico is affirmed, with costs to the appellee.Page 357