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Albert vs. University Publishing Co. 103 Phil 351

MARIANO A. ALBERT, plaintiff-appellee, vs. UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING CO., INC., defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-9300 | 1958-04-18

D E C I S I O N

PADILLA, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered by the Court of First Instance of Manila, ordering the defendant corporation to pay to the Administrator of the estate of the late Mariano A. Albert, who died during the pendency of the case, the sum of P23,000, interest thereon from the date of the filing of the complaint, and costs, and dismissing the defendant's counterclaim, certified to this Court by the Court of Appeals for the reason that the total amount sought to be recovered by the defendant corporation exceeds P50,000.

On 19 July 1948 the plaintiff and the defendant corporation entered into a contract...