Ubarri v. Doe
Ubarri v. Doe
Opinion of the Court
delivered the following opinion:
1. The demurrer in this case sets up that the plaintiffs’ remedy, if any, is in equity to set aside transfers for fraud.
2. The demurrer further claims that there cannot be a suit in ejectment or reivindicación by one of the heirs.to recover his interest. Manresa, commenting .on § 392 of the'Civil Code, says that a co-owner (condueño) has the right to the exclusive use of a part of the common property, and therefore may sue third parties and strangers, and even his co-owners, suing for all the property or only a part, and that a recovery against a stranger enures to the benefit of the other co-owners. 3. Commentaries, 416, 417. The adoption of a Code of Civil Procedure upon American lines brings up the question of how far rights dependent upon Spanish procedure are now applicable, so that the present ruling must be taken as provisional, subject to further consideration upon the trial, if necessary.
3. The demurrer further raises the question of prescription. As the allegations of the complaint stand, it would seem that the right to sue began not on the registration of the void conveyance, but from the time that the defendants or their predecessor went into possession nnder it. The general rule is that
The demurrer is overruled. It is so ordered.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- JUAN UBARRI v. JOHN DOE
- Status
- Published