Jaime Sifre Dávila (November 24, 1887 – October 6, 1960) was an attorney and judge in Puerto Rico, ultimately serving as an associate justice and briefly as the eighth chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Sifre was born to Jaime Sifre Tarafa and Belén Dávila Santana in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico in 1887 and obtained his law degree from University of Michigan Law School, graduating in 1908. He married Consuelo Cordova Davila on December 17, 1910, and had six children. He was appointed to the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in August 1952. In 1957, he was appointed by Governor Luis Muñoz Marín to succeed embattled

A. Cecil Snyder Aaron Cecil Snyder (September 14, 1907 – June 29, 1959) was an American lawyer who served as a prosecutor and judge in Puerto Rico. Early life Snyder was born in Baltimore, Maryland. After attending Baltimore City College and Johns Hopkins U ...

as Chief Justice.Puerto Rico Raises Alumnus To Supreme Court After A Long Judiciary Career - Michigan alumnus, Volume 59
p. 100 He only served as chief justice for two months before his resignation. He died October 6, 1960 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is buried at the

Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery __NOTOC__ The Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery is a colonial-era cemetery located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the final resting place of many of Puerto Rico's most prominent natives and residents. Construction began in 1863 under ...

.Dr. Jaime Sifre Dávila
Rama Judicial PR, Retrieved September 16, 2011Quién es quién en Puerto Rico, Volume 4
p. 11 (1948)

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