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Jose Soriano vs. Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas

JOSE SORIANO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-17392 | 1966-12-17

D E C I S I O N 


BARRERA, J.: 

This is an appeal taken by both parties from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila which rendered judgment for the plaintiff-appellant, Jose Soriano, on the principal claim, denying, however, the latter's claim for damages but granting to defendant-appellant, Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas, its counterclaim. 

Plaintiff's complaint alleges, among others, the following: That sometime in September 1937, defendant granted plaintiff a crop loan account to finance the planting, cultivation, harvesting, and milling of sugar cane in plaintiff's various sugar cane plantations in...