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Josefa Lopez Reyes Vs. Felipe Nebrija 098 Phil 639

JOSEFA LOPEZ REYES, assisted by her husband, MARTIN P. REYES, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. FELIPE NEBRIJA, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-8720 | 1956-03-21

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

This is an action brought before the Court of First Instance of La Union to compel defendants to execute in favor of plaintiffs the necessary deed of conveyance of a parcel of land in accordance with the stipulation agreed upon and to pay damages in the amount of P5,000.

Defendants, in their answer, set up as a defense that the agreement on which plaintiffs base their cause of action is null and void and that the amounts claimed by the plaintiffs represent usurious interests and, by way of counterclaim, they asked that plaintiffs be ordered to pay P5,000 as damages and to return the palay and...