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Provincial Sheriff Of Pampanga, Et Al. vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF PAMPANGA, CIRILO D. CABRAL and ZACARIAS PEREZ, petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, and MARCIANO AGUSTIN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-25152 | 1968-02-26

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

An action for recovery of a sum of money was filed on June 4, 1960, by Cirilo D. Cabral and Zacarias Perez against Elpidio Agustin and Manuel Flores in the Court of First Instance of Bulacan. 1 

At said time, Elpidio Agustin was then a furniture dealer under the business name and style "Modern Furniture Store" in Masantol, Pampanga. A big fire, however, broke out on January 9, 1961, and totally burned said furniture store of Elpidio Agustin and its contents of several pieces of furniture. As a result, Elpidio Agustin, on January 12, 1961, surrendered to the municipal treasurer his license to...