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Cesar Reyes Vs. Agripino Zaballero 089 Phil 39

CESAR REYES, petitioner-appellant, vs. AGRIPINO ZABALLERO, ET AL., respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-3561 | 1951-05-23

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

During the Japanese occupation the creditor of a prewar debt reluctantly received Japanese military notes tendered in full payment of his credit. After liberation he sued for recovery of the debt, contending that his acceptance of the money was invalidated by duress. This is that suit, coming from the Court of Appeals wherein the payment was held valid and the debt fully discharged.

The creditor-appellant has submitted a brief vigorously ascribing error to the court's holding: (1) that the facts and circumstances of the case are not sufficient to constitute the duress that would invalidate the payment made...