Ex parte Detres
Ex parte Detres
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
José Nazario Alvarez, a natural son of Ramona del Rosario Alvarez, died intestate on December 17, 1945, leaving some property, partly community and partly separate in character.
After considering the evidence introduced by the parties at such hearing, the court decreed the judicial administration sought and appointed the widow, Maria Antonia Detres, permanent administratrix, citing in support of its order § 564 of the Code of Civil Procedure and the decisions of this court in Diaz et al. v. Cividanes, 23 P.R.R. 787; Sabater v. Escudero, 23 P.R.R. 794; and Iturrino v. Iturrino, 24 P.R.R. 71, which acknowledged a preference in favor of the surviving spouse regarding appointment as administrator. The court in its order stated that “there has been no showing that the widow is disqualified to hold the office of administratrix.”
On April 10, 1946, Juana Ramona del Rosario Alvarez, petitioner in case No. 3956, filed a notice of appeal, stating:
“That feeling aggrieved by the order rendered by this Hon. Court on April 9, 1946, whereby the widow Maria Antonia Detres was appointed judicial administratrix of the estate of decedent José ' Nazario Alvarez, she appeals from said order to the Hon. Supreme Court, of Puerto Rico.”
The appellee has moved for a dismissal of the appeal, and she urges, among other grounds, that although an order decreeing a judicial administration is appealable, the appeal in this case has not been taken from the order which the appellant herself sought, but from the appointment made in favor of the widow as administratrix, which is not appealable.
The motion to dismiss can not prosper. The order appointing the widow as judicial administratrix of. the estate
Since the transcript of the evidence introduced in the lower court has not been sent up to this court, we are not in a position to determine whether or not the appeal is frivolous.
The motion to dismiss must be denied.
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