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Matias Gambol Vs. Manuel P. Barcelona 106 Phil 328

MATIAS GAMBOL and MARIA BUROG, petitioners, vs. HON. MANUEL P. BARCELONA, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Batangas, MIGUEL MENDOZA and FELICIANA DAVALOS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-14339 | 1959-09-30

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ DAVID, J.:

Petitioners were plaintiffs in a civil case filed in the Justice of the Peace Court of Batangas, Batangas, for the recovery of the sum of P650.00 allegedly owed to them by the defendant spouses Miguel Mendoza and Feliciana Davalos, plus the sum of P200.00 as attorney's fee and P100.00 as expenses of litigation. The trial of the case was set for June 17, 1958. On that same day, the inferior court after hearing plaintiffs' evidence, both oral and documentary, over the objection of the defendants and in the absence of the latter's counsel - who had previously sent a telegraphic request for postponement...