Ducheny v. District Court of San Juan
Ducheny v. District Court of San Juan
Opinion of the Court
delivered the -opinion of the court.
The petitioner had begun a mortgage proceeding against certain debtors, had obtained a judgment and was proceeding to execute it, when the debtors filed a suit in the District ■Court of San Juan, wherein they set up a claim of homestead.
A claim of homestead is by section 1000 of the Revised Statutes limited to $500. Therefore, we hold that the district court had no jurisdiction to entertain the suit. At no angle from which we have viewed the question is anything more than $500 involved. Angel Arroyo v. District Court Etc., ante, page 9.
Therefore, the order of attachment should be annulled and the complaint dismissed.
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