|
|
Diaz v. Gonzalez, 261 U.S. 102 (1923)
Contents:
Show Summary
Hide Summary
General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Diaz v. Gonzalez, 261 U.S. 102 (1923)
Please note: this case begins in mid-page. It therefore shares a citation with the last page of the previous case. If you are attempting to follow a link to the last page of 261 U.S. 86, click here.
Diaz v. Gonzalez No. 263 Argued January 24, 1923 Decided February 19, 1923 261 U.S. 102
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
Syllabus
1. Power to authorize a parent to sell the interest of a minor child in land in Porto Rico is not limited by the Porto Rican Civil Code, § 229, as amended in 1907, to the district court of the judicial district in which the property is situated, but may be exercised, under §§ 76 and 77 of the Code of Civ.Proc.1904, by the court of another district to which the ex parte application is submitted. P. 103.
2. An interpretation of law which has become a rule of property, accepted by the practise of a community, should not be disturbed unless certainly wrong. P. 105.
3. Peculiar deference is due from this Court to the views of local matters taken by courts which, like the courts of Porto Rico, have inherited and been brought up in a different system of law to that which prevails here. P. 105.
276 F. 108 reversed.
Certiorari to a judgment of the circuit court of appeals reversing one by the Supreme Court of Porto Rico in favor of the present respondents in their suit to set aside a sale of land.
Contents:
Chicago:
U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Diaz v. Gonzalez, 261 U.S. 102 (1923) in 261 U.S. 102 261 U.S. 103. Original Sources, accessed November 3, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9Z6S4IK5FF7A5DT.
MLA:
U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Diaz v. Gonzalez, 261 U.S. 102 (1923), in 261 U.S. 102, page 261 U.S. 103. Original Sources. 3 Nov. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9Z6S4IK5FF7A5DT.
Harvard:
U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Diaz v. Gonzalez, 261 U.S. 102 (1923). cited in 1923, 261 U.S. 102, pp.261 U.S. 103. Original Sources, retrieved 3 November 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9Z6S4IK5FF7A5DT.
|