Matheu v. Murillo
Matheu v. Murillo
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action for the rescission of a contract made to defraud creditors, and for damages. The complaint alleges, in substance, that the plaintiff owned a certain interest in a hotel established in Ponce and sold it to the defendant,. Rosalia Murillo, the wife of defendant Rosaly; that the price agreed on was not paid and the plaintiff sued said Rosalia Murillo to recover the same and obtained judgment on May-29, 1913, notice of which was given to the defendant on the 30th of that month; that upon attempting to execute the judgment it appeared that the defendant had no property; that when the defendant purchased the plaintiff’s interest in the hotel she was the owner of record of a- house and lot on Comercio Street, Ponce, which are described; that with knowledge of the debt, of the judgment rendered against defendant Murillo and of the fact that she would become
The defendants demurred to the complaint on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause' of action and their demurrer having been overruled, they answered denying generally and specifically all and each of the allegations of the complaint.
The case went to trial an'd the court rendered judgment for the plaintiff, whereupon the defendants took the present appeal.
One of the grounds of the appeal is that the district court “erred in holding that the bouse sold by Rosalia Murillo was charged with the satisfaction of the judgment against her.” The court has examined carefully the pleadings and the evidence and is forced to the conclusion that such error was committed and, therefore, that the judgment appealed from should be reversed.
It was alleged in the complaint and proved at the trial that the plaintiff sold his interest in the hotel to defendant Murillo. When he brought the action to recover the amount for which he sold it, he brought it against the said defendant only, and it was she against whom the judgment of May 29, 1913, was rendered.
The sale of the urban property whose rescission was prayed for by the plaintiff and adjudged by the court, was not made by defendant Murillo personally but by the conjugal partnership composed of Joaquín Rosaly and his wife, defendant Murillo, a distinct entity which was not bound by the judgment of May 29, 1913. Therefore, the provision of section 1254 of the Civil Code is not applicable to said sale.'
The complaint should be dismissed and the judgment appealed from
Reversed.
On June 21, 1917, a motion for reconsideration was overruled.
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