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Vicente Gotamco Hermanos vs. Irma Rohde Shotwell, et al.

VICENTE GOTAMCO HERMANOS, petitioner, vs. IRMA ROHDE SHOTWELL, assisted by her husband, ANSELMO M. SHOTWELL, respondents.

G.R. No. L-22519 | 1971-03-27

D E C I S I O N


DIZON, J:

The case at bar was commenced in the Court of First Instance of Manila by Irma Rhode Shotwell, assisted by her husband, Anselmo M. Shotwell, against the partnership Vicente Gotamco Hermanos hereinafter referred to simply as Gotamco for the final liquidation and payment of the unpaid balance of a pre-war loan, secured by mortgage, granted to the latter wayback in 1926 by William J. Rohde, plaintiff's father. In its answer Gotamco Hermanos relied mainly on the defense of (a) payment, and (b) on the claim that whatever reservation was made by its creditor regarding the revaluation of payments made was subject to...