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Tirso Lopez Vs. Jose Delgado

TIRSO LOPEZ, plaintiff-appellant, vs. JOSE DELGADO, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-3499 | 1907-03-14

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

This is an action for libel, wherein the plaintiff prayed for 4,000 pesos damages for an alleged malicious defamation expressed in writing, which was inclosed in an envelope and sent to the plaintiff by the defendant by special messenger. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff for 1 peso damages and costs, and from this judgment the plaintiff appealed, and insists that the damages allowed are wholly inadequate.

The plaintiff alleged that the libelous matter was sent to him in an open envelope, but the trial court found from the evidence that the envelope in question was sealed, and since...