Veguilla v. Registrar of Guayama
Veguilla v. Registrar of Guayama
Opinion of the Court
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
In tbe Begistry of Property of Guayama there bas been recorded since tbe year 1913, under number 1685, a property described as follows:
“Parcel of land composed of 8 acres, equivalent to 3 hectares, 14 ares and' 43 eentiares, situated in the ward of Cereadillo of the municipality of Cayey and hounded on the north by the Lapa river; on the south by lands of Salome Meléndez; on the east by land of*778 Aurelio Yeguilla, and on the west by land of Salustiano Santiago-. It contains a frame-house built of native lumber and roofed with thatch. ’ ’
The second and last record of this property was made in 1914 in favor of Francisco Rosario y Rosario, married to Pas-casia Yeguilla, by title of purchase.
In August of 1921 Aurelio Yeguilla instituted proceedings to establish possession of a property which he had purchased three months before from Juan Rosario Yeguilla and which he described as follows:
“Parcel of land composed of 8 acres situated in the ward of Cer-cadillo of the municipality of Cayey and bounded on the north by the Lapa river; on the south by land of Juan Colón González; on the east by land of Salomé Meléndez, and on the west by land of Aurelio Yeguilla.”
When Aurelio Veguilla presented in the registry for record the possessory title judgment which he obtained for this property the registrar refused to record it and from that decision the present appeal was taken.
The registrar’s decision reads as follows:
“Record' of the preceding possessory title judgment is hereby denied because the property sought to" be recorded seems to be, and there is a reasonable doubt whether it may not be, the same property recorded in the registry under number 1685 at folio 118 of volume 29 of the municipality of Cayey, inasmuch as their areas, the ward, municipality and northern boundaries are the same, as well as the names of some of the other adjoining owners, although at. different points of the compass, and the said property No.- 1685, which is recorded in the name of Francisco Rosario y Rosario, married to Pas-casia Yeguilla, may have been acquired from them by Juan Rosario Yeguilla, the predecessor in interest of Alfredo (Aurelio?) Yeguilla and may be the same that he asks to be recorded; * * *. ’ ’
The fact that both' properties have the -same area, are situated iii the same ward of the same' municipality; have the 'same northern boundary and Salomé Meléndez being an ad?
The decision appealed from must be
Affirmed.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.