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Nieves Duran Embate Vs. Rafael F. Penolio 093 Phil 782

NIEVES DURAN EMBATE, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAFAEL F. PENOLIO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-4942 | 1953-09-23

D E C I S I O N


LABRADOR, J.:

This is an appeal against an order of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, ordering defendant-appellant to pay plaintiff-appellee or deposit with its clerk of court P712.62 within the period of forty-eight hours, otherwise he will be placed under arrest until he complies with the order.

Plaintiff brought this suit to secure support for a minor six years of age, a natural child of plaintiff and defendant, who had lived together as common-law husband and wife from January, 1943 to January, 1949. In 1949 defendant abandoned plaintiff and the child, married another woman, and since then failed to give support...