Vidal v. Registrar of Arecibo
Vidal v. Registrar of Arecibo
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
Mercedes Gordís y Lugo, widow of Gervasio Gómez y García, assigned to Isabel Lugo y Lugo all of the rights and interests that she had or might have, either as ganancial property or as her usufructuary share, in the estate left by her said deceased husband.
In the partition and division of the said estate the as-
Not agreeing with the reservation made by the registrar in his decision, the appellant has taken the present appeal and prays that the record be ordered without any reservation or defect.
The registrar does not cite in his decision the statute or rule on which it could be based, and filed no brief on appeal. At any rate the decision of the registrar presents no question for review. Section 12 of the Act to amend and repeal certain sections of the Civil Code, approved March 9, 1905, authorizes payment to the surviving spouse of his part of the usufruct in cash,*- and besides, the right involved is one that can be alienated.
For these reasons the registrar’s decision must be reversed and the record ordered without the reservation therein mentioned.
Reversed.
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