Gispert v. Registrar of Property
Gispert v. Registrar of Property
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal taken by Pedro Gispert y Gely from a decision of the Registrar of Property of Ponce, refusing to admit to record a deed to combine estates.
By public deed executed in Ponce before Angel Acosta y Quintero, a notary thereof, on the 10th of February of the current year, Pedro Gispert y Gely alleged that he was the owner of two lots situated in the second barrio of said city of Ponce,
Upon the presentation of this deed in the Registry of Property of Ponce, the registrar denied its record on the ground set forth in the decision placed at the end of said document, which reads as follows:
‘ ‘ The record of the foregoing document is denied on account of the following incurable defects:
“1. Because it is sought to have recorded as a single estate two separate houses bearing two different government numbers, which, with their respective lots, must constitute two urban estates, each to be recorded in the form prescribed in article 8 of the Mortgage Law; because although the lots could legally be joined, their record under a single number becomes impossible the moment that it is stated that two houses are sought to be joined, which houses, with the lots they respectively occupy, must necessarily form two different urban estates, to which different numbers must be given in the register on account of their grouping not being included in any of the eases of article 61 of the Mortgage Regulations.
“2. Because the house bearing No. 44, acquired by purchase, is not recorded in favor of the vendor, nor of any other person.
“In lieu of the record a cautionary notice is entered effective for four months, at folio 247 of volume 136 of this municipality, estate No. 6116, Record A. Ponce, April 16, 1906. — José Sastraño Belaval, registrar. ’ ’
The grounds upon which the decision of the Registrar of Property of Ponce denying the record is based are accepted, and in view of the decision of the General Directorate of February 22,1873, cited by the registrar in his report, the decision refusing to admit to record the deed in question is affirmed, and it is ordered that it be returned to the Registrar of Property of Ponce with a certified copy of this decision for his information, and other purposes.
Affirmed.
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