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Fred M. Harden, Et Al. Vs. Emilio Pena, Et Al.087 Phil 609

FRED M. HARDEN, ET AL., petitioners, vs. EMILIO PENA, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-1499 | 1950-11-21

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

When the husband commits frauds against the wife in the administration of their conjugal partnership, what remedies are available to her? That is the question involved in this petition for certiorari to annul several orders promulgated by the respondent judge and his predecessor in civil case No. 59634 of the Manila court of first instance.

The new Civil Code contains an appropriate answer; but adjudication of this controversy must be made according to the principles prevailing before the approval of such recent legislation that is not retroactive in general.

In December, 1917, and in the City of Manila, Fred M....