BAKER v. MURPHY

Civ. Nos. 79-582, 79-2030.

495 F.Supp. 462 (1980)

Edward B. BAKER, Ann Britt Baker, Plaintiffs, v. Richard Joseph MURPHY, Mary Lou Murphy and Citibank, N. A., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

June 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Vallone, Jr., Hato Rey, P. R., for plaintiffs.

Mconnell, Valdés, Kelley, Sifre, Griggs & Ruíz-Suria, Hato Rey, P. R., for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

GIERBOLINI, District Judge.

This is a breach of contract case that should have been filed in the state forum. Instead, plaintiffs filed it in the U. S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and after more than a year of litigation regarding the jurisdiction of this Court the end of the real controversy among the parties is not yet in sight. The delay is of plaintiff's own making. Three U. S. District Judges have intervened; two...

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