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, he obtained a Masters of Law (LLM) from University of Michigan Law School, graduating in 1908. He married Consuelo Cordova Davila on December 17, 1910, and had six children.World biography, Volume 2, (1948)
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 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.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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