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In the 1911 case of Munsuri v. Fricker, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt with a dispute over property rights and inheritance laws in Puerto Rico. The plaintiff, Munsuri, claimed ownership of certain properties that had been willed to him by his late aunt who was married but childless. However, under Spanish law which was still applicable in Puerto Rico at that time (as it hadn't yet fully transitioned into American jurisdiction), such properties should have gone to her husband's relatives upon her death - hence the defendant’s claim on them. The court ruled against Munsuri stating that while he may have been named as an heir in his aunt's will, this did not supersede existing Spanish law regarding marital property rights and succession rules which were still valid during her lifetime and at the time of her death. Therefore, despite being named as an heir by his deceased aunt before she died (and before American laws took effect), he could not inherit those specific assets because they legally belonged to her husband's family according to then-applicable Spanish law.
The Munsuri v. Fricker case does not have a publicly available dissenting opinion recorded in the official reports of U.S Supreme Court decisions, making it impossible to provide a summary of such an opinion. The 1911 case primarily dealt with issues related to maritime law and personal injury on navigable waters, but specific details about any dissenting views among the justices are not accessible or documented in standard legal resources.