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Maria Casal Vs. Emilio Moreta

MARIA CASAL, for herself and as executrix of Manuel Escudero, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EMILIO MORETA, managing director of the Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros of Manila, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-2777 | 1906-12-10

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

Judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of 984.66 pesos, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent from the 19th day of November, 1902, was rendered in the trial court upon the following findings of fact, which are fully sustained by the evidence of record:

"First.----That Manuel Escudero, deceased, pawned certain jewelry on the 6th day of September, 1898, in the "Monte de Piedad" for the sum of 700 pesos;

"Second.----That the said Escudero died on the 26th day of March, 1899, without having redeemed this jewelry;

"Third.----That the said Escudero executed a will in which he named the plaintiff as his...