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Mathew S. Tee Vs. Tacloban Electric And Ice Plant Co., Inc. 105 Phil 168

MATHEW S. TEE, plaintiff-appellant, vs. TACLOBAN ELECTRIC AND ICE PLANT CO., INC., CHAN BUN CHIT and VICTORIANO CHAN, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-11980 | 1959-02-14

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, J.:

Plaintiff Mathew S. Tee seeks to recover, from defendants Tacloban Electric and Ice Plant Co., Inc., Victoriano Chan and Chan Bun Chit, the amount of P48,700--representing ten (10%) per cent of a $243,500 allocation allegedly secured by said plaintiff from the Central Bank of the Philippines--in addition to the sum of P10,000, by way of expenses of litigation and attorney's fees, with costs against said defendants. In paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of his complaint plaintiff alleges that:

"2. On or about August, 1955, defendant Tacloban Electric and Ice Plant Co., Inc., acting through defendants Chan Bun Chit...