DEL CUETO 



JOSE A. DEL CUETO 



Jurist; teacher; Chief Jus- 

 tice of Cuba. 



Jose A. del Cueto was born in the year 

 1854 in the city of Havana, but pursued 

 his legal studies abroad at the Central Uni- 

 versity of Madrid where he obtained the 

 degrees of Licentiate in Administrative 

 Law, as well as in Philosophy and Letters, 

 and Doctor in Civil and Canon Law. He 

 finished his course of study in 1875 and 

 was given the title of Advocate as an ex- 

 traordinary distinction. Afterwards he 

 won, in competitive examination, the post 

 of Professor of Mercantile Law, in the 

 University of Havana which he retained 

 for thirty years. 



He was a Member of the Autonomist 

 party which labored in vain to secure for 

 Cuba her own government without sever- 

 ing the relation with Spain. In the last 



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