 This move resulted in a judicial process by the remaining partners on 17 August 1891, that was resolved in July 1893, through a transaction.On 1 May 1894, the "Empresa Santos, Sobral & C.ª" was constituted with investment capital of 20 contos, of which a portion was conceded legally to the older concessions António Cândido de Sousa and Castro Morais Sarmento.By 1895, a hotel already dominated the land, constructed by António Guerreiro Ranhada, who had returned from Brazil and discovered that the waters were a therapeutic cure for his liver problems.