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Cayetano Jordas, Et Al. Vs. Salomon Vedad, Et Al. 105 Phil 1239

CAYETANO JORDAS, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. SALOMON VEDAD, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-13692 | 1959-07-31

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

Because plaintiffs had failed to appear at the trial, and had neglected to prosecute their action, the court of first instance of Camarines Norte dismissed their complaint to quiet title to a parcel of land. Their motions to reconsider having been denied, they went to the Court of Appeals; that Court, however, forwarded the record to us inasmuch as no factual questions remained in dispute, the appellees having manifested their conformity to the statement of facts in appellants brief. From such statement, it appears that after the defendant Salomon Vedad had answered on September 3, 1951, asserting ownership...