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SOUFFRONT v. COMPAGNIE DES SUCRERIES

No. 155.

217 U.S. 475 (1910)

30 S.Ct. 608

54 L.Ed. 846

SOUFFRONT, WIDOW OF FLEURIAN, v. LA COMPAGNIE DES SUCRERIES DE PORTO RICO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1910.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hannis Taylor, with whom Mr. Charles M. Boerman was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Charles Hartzell, with whom Mr. Manuel Rodriguez-Serra was on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

In July, 1906, plaintiffs in error commenced this action in the District Court of the United States for the District of Porto Rico, to recover, from the defendants in error, the possession of certain described real estate and damages from April 12, 1904, for unlawfully withholding possession thereof. The right to the relief sought was based upon the averment that one Clemente...

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