Ramís v. Registrar of Property
Ramís v. Registrar of Property
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal taken by Attorney Rafael López Lan-drón, on behalf of Francisco Ramís y Borrás from a decision of the Registrar of Property of Caguas, denying the cancellation of certain encumbrances.
The property attached in the action brought by Francisco Ramís y Borrás on his own behalf and as the attorney in fact of his sister Antonia against the Estate of Bartolomé Borrás and his wife, Gerónima Ginert, and B. Borrás y Hermanos, in liquidation, consisting of a number of tracts of land, buildings and machinery of the estate called “Santa Catálina,” in the municipal district of Caguas, having been offered at public
The deed of sale, free from encumbrances, having been executed by the marshal, José Ramírez, in favor of the purchaser, Francisco Ramis y Borrás, before Santiago R. Palmer, a notary of this city,.on September 13 of last year, and having been presented to the Registrar of Property ■ of Ca-guas for record, it was at once recorded by the registrar without difficulty as to the sale, he stating in the decision placed at the foot of the deed that he had made no entry with regard to the cancellations because no request to that effect had been made.
Thereupon a copy of the record of the sale, certified to by the marshal, was presented together with the deed, for the
‘! 1. Because of the lack of the previous record of the statements of liens, which is an indispensable requisite to permit of their cancellation.
“2. Because of the lack of authority in the marshal to determine and order the cancellation.
“3. Because of the existence of prior credits having preference over the mortgage credit of the execution creditor.
“4. Because only by agreement of the persons interested, and in the absence thereof, by order of the court, can the cancellation be made, in accordance with the provisions of articles 82 and 125, subdivision 2, of the Mortgage Law, and the resolution of May 30, 1891.
“5. Because the nature, extent, conditions and other requisites of the law to permit cancellations are not known.
“6 and last. Because the cancellation máy be made only upon an order in duplicate from the district court directed to the office of the registrar. ’:
Attorney Eafael López Landrón took this appeal from this decision, on behalf of the interested party, Francisco Bamís y Borrás, seeking its reversal and an order to the registrar to cancel totally the encumbrances and statements of liens of all kinds appearing against the property sold, which consti-. tutes the estate of Santa Catalina, within the municipality of C aguas.
The marshal being the executor of the judgments of the court, he must confine himself in the execution thereof to the provisions of such judgments, and, consequently, to be able to judge whether said official has executed the judgment properly or not, and, therefore, whether or not he has exceeded his powers, the text of the judgment must be known, or at leasi its adjudging portion; and as this is not of record in this case, the appeal cannot be properly decided.
It is held that a decision hereon cannot be made, and the documents presented are ordered to be returned to the Begis-trar of Property of Caguas with a copy of this decision, for
Dismissed.
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