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nacio San Jose, Et Al. Vs. Pedro Ortega, Et Al.

IGNACIO SAN JOSE and LORENZA JIMENEZ, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. PEDRO ORTEGA and MARIA P. EUSEBIO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 4483 | 1908-10-14

D E C I S I O N


ARELLANO, C.J.:

This case was submitted to this court by virtue of an appeal interposed by the defendants against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila whereby they were sentenced jointly and severally to pay to the plaintiffs the sum of P1,000, with legal interest thereon at the rate of 6 per cent from the 15th of September, 1906, the date on which the complaint was presented, until full payment was made, with costs; it appears:

(1) That on the 6th of August, 1903, Pedro Ortega and his wife, Maria Pilar Eusebio, by a notarial instrument mortgaged two houses, one already built and the other under...