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Juan Sanz Y Sanz Vs. Vicente Lavin

JUAN SANZ Y SANZ, plaintiff-appellant, vs. VICENTE LAVIN AND BROTHERS, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 2726 | 1906-06-01

D E C I S I O N


ARELLANO, C. J.:

The complaint prays for a judgment for the sum of 33,768.50 pesos, Mexican currency, but the appellant in his brief says that "in this sum, by mistake in making the liquidation, we included the stipulated interest at ten per cent per annum by capitalizing them, and thus it was attempted to collect interest upon interest, which was not lawful, although usual in the business community, consequently in the written argument presented to the trial court, the amount demanded was reduced to eighteen thousand seventy-six pesos and fifty-five centavos (18,076.55)" (p. 4).

In the facts set forth in the complaint...