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MERCADO v. COMMINS

No. 497.

322 U.S. 465 (1944)

64 S.Ct. 1118

88 L.Ed. 1396

MARIO MERCADO E. HIJOS v. COMMINS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. William Cattron Rigby and Pedro M. Porrata, with whom Mr. Fred W. Llewellyn was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Celestino Dominguez Rubio submitted for respondents.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Rule 39 (b) of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, effective September 20, 1940, authorizes the summary dismissal or affirmance of judgments appealed from the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico involving only questions of local law, unless it appears from the record and appellant's required "statement on appeal" that the judgment appealed from "is `inescapably wrong' or `patently erroneous' (Sancho Bonet...

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