Méndez v. Celis
Méndez v. Celis
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The demurrer was sustained on the theory that the action was premature. The appellee maintains that whether or not the husband could recover anything would be dependent upon the outcome of the divorce suit in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of the Law of 1905. This is a question that we have considered at length in the suit of Carlota de Celis Alquier v. Ramón Méndez Cardona, decided on March 7, 1912, and as there decided the death of the wife put an end to the pending action.
In the brief of the appellee some point is made of the fact that the complaint failed to state that the testatrix left any property, but this point was abandoned at the hearing. Generally, moreover, a testatrix will leave some sort of personal effects or some property may be discovered thereafter. The time to attack a will is promptly after its publication and the failure to mention property is not, under the circumstances of this case, a material omission. The complaint must be held to state good cause of action, inasmuch as it clearly sets forth that the will failed to express any adequate cause for disinheriting. The. judgment must be reversed.
Reversed.
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