P.R. Laws tit. 17, § 136
The Manager of the Government of the Capital or the mayor of the municipality and any of the owners of lands or houses located within the district declared slum district, or any other person with a right or interest therein, may challenge the decision of the Board through an appeal to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico within a term of fifteen (15) days counting from the date of the last publication provided for under § 134 of this title.
The appeal shall be filed by brief in which shall be set forth all reasons of fact and of law on which the challenge is grounded. After the appeal has been filed the appellant or appellants shall serve notice thereof on the Board with copy of the brief containing same, within a term of fifteen (15) days counting from the date it was filed, in default of which the court shall order its dismissal; Provided, That all parties in interest shall be joined in one sole appeal; and Provided, further, That after the decision of the Board has been appealed, the same shall be stayed until final decision is made in the proceeding.
The Board, upon being notified of the appeal provided for in this section, shall file its answer thereto within a term of fifteen (15) days counting from the date of such notification, and the Supreme Court shall set a date for the hearing of the case, with preference over all other business on the docket, within a term of not more than twenty days counting from the date the case was set for hearing.
The Supreme Court shall enter an order in the case within a term of twenty (20) days counting from the date on which the case is heard, and the order so entered shall be final and conclusive.
History —May 14, 1945, No. 264, p. 910, § 6.