Miranda v. Registrar of Property of San Juan
Miranda v. Registrar of Property of San Juan
Opinion of the Court
the opinion of the Court.
In an action brought by Attorney Armando A. Miranda against the unknown heirs of Rufino Alicea Erazo, the marshal attached the interest which the defendants or their ancestor might have in property No. 236, volume 5 of Bayamón, folio 214, seventh inscription, and the registrar noted the attachment as regards the mention of a mortgage for $1,200 made in the registry in favor of Rufino Alicea. In order to satisfy the judgment of recovery rendered in that action, the marshal sold and awarded to the plaintiff the interest which the defendants might have in said property, and executed the corresponding deed, which the registrar refused to record on ■the ground that according to the eighth inscription, there existed only a mention of a mortgage right in favor of Rufino Alicea Erazo.
The present appeal has been taken from such refusal. ;The only ground urged for a reversal of.the registrar’s decision is section 29 of the Mortgage Law, which reads thus:
“Ownership or any other property right expressly mentioned in records or cautionary notices, although not appearing in the registry as a separate and special record, shall be effective against third persons from the date of the entry made upon presentation of the instrument.
“The provisions of the foregoing paragraph shall be understood without prejudice to the obligation of specially recording such interests or to the liability which may be incurred by a person who must, request the record in certain cases. ’ ’
That section has no application to the instant case, since fit does not say that the mention of an interest may be recorded fin the name of another person who may acquire the mentioned interest, but that the mention in the registry of the ownership or any other property right shall prejudice a third
The decision appealed from must be affirmed.
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