Estate of Diaz v. District Court
Estate of Diaz v. District Court
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
Attorney Jose de Guzman Benitez, on behalf of the Estate of Maria Diaz, widow of Yeve, filed a sworn application in this court on the 21st instant, praying for the issue of a writ of certiorari requiring the District Court of San Juan to transmit to this superior court the record of the proceedings in the involuntary insolvency of Jose Avalo Sanchez and of everything connected with said insolvency and also of an incidental issue of nullity and execution of the judgment relating thereto, for a review thereof and for the correction and amendment of the errors which said district court is now committing in the proceedings in said matter, and to extend the writ of certiorari to include the record of the execution proceedings prosecuted by Maria Diaz, widow of Yeve, against Jose Avalo Sanchez, which by consolidation therewith forms part of the insolvency proceedings, this court also requiring the District Court of Humacao to forward the facts of said execution proceedings which show the record of the ownership of the “Bello Sitio” plantation in favor of the widow of Yeve.
With the facts stated as a basis, the applicant alleged that the procedure followed by the District Court of San Juan did not conform to the provisions of the law: (1) Because said district was assuming jurisdiction of involuntary insolvency proceedings, which had been virtually terminated by the withdrawal of the only creditor who petitioned therefor, and this is contrary to the special character of involuntary insolvency proceedings and the provisions of articles 1154, 1156, 1165 and 1167 of the former Law of Civil Procedure, according to-which, when no action is taken by the petitioning creditors, the proceedings are discontinued; and when the proceedings, are discontinued, judicial intervention ceases; (2) Because the San Juan court lacks jurisdiction to hear and decide matters which are the subject of the action appealed after the interposition of the appeal; (3) Because the execution of a judgment cannot be proceeded with when one of the parties has taken an appeal therefrom; (4) Because since the promulgation in Porto Rico of the Organic Act of April 12, 1900,,
The applicant concludes by alleging that be has no other ordinary remedy under the law to prevent the continuation of the procedure adopted by the District Court of San Juan.
We have carefully considered the’ statements of fact and the provisions of law adduc'ed in support of the prayer that the writ of certiorari applied for issues, and are of The opinion that such writ cannot be granted.
Even though an appeal has been taken from the judgment of May 31, 1901, of the District Court of San Juan, ordering the return to the assets of the insolvent, Avalo Sanchez, of the “Bello Sitio” estate, this does not prevent said court from taking cognizance of the two motions made for the dismissal of .said appeal and the seizure of the “Bello Sitio” estate. Proceedings on such motions do not imply in themselves any extra limitation of jurisdiction, and this particular could be heard only upon a proper appeal after the decision of said motions, and not before.
If the petitioning estate believes that the involuntary insolvency proceedings of Avalo Sanchez cannot be further prosecuted except as an involuntary bankruptcy, let it adopt the measures which may be proper in law.to attain its ends, but a writ of certiorari is not the proper remedy for the purpose.
For the reasons stated, the application for a writ of cer-tiorari should be denied.
Denied.
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