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Dominga Torres vs. J. M. Tuason, & Co., Inc.120 Phil. 965

DOMINGA TORRES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. J. M. TUASON, & CO., INC., and EUSTAQUIO ALQUIROS, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-19668 | 1964-10-22

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J. B. L., J.: 

Sustaining a motion to dismiss of defendant J. M. Tuason & Co., Inc., the Court of First Instance of Manila, by order of 20 January 1962, ordered the dismissal of the complaint, in its Civil Case No. 48909, for improper venue. Plaintiff appealed directly to this Court on points of law. 

The complaint, dated 4 December 1961, recites in substance that since prior to 1813 to his death, one Telesforo Deudor was the sole owner of a parcel of land situated in Matalahib, Tatalon and Masambong, Quezon City, with an area of 50 quiñones 1 ; that when Telesforo Deudor died he was succeeded by his...