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Joaquina Ventura vs. Eusebio Bernabe

JOAQUINA VENTURA, assisted by her husband, JOSE VENTURA, plaintiff-appellant, vs. EUSEBIO BERNABE, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-26760 | 1971-04-30

D E C I S I O N


BARREDO, J:

Appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Caloocan City Branch, dismissing on the ground that the "complaint states no cause of action" its Civil Case No. C-628, an action for damages based upon an alleged malicious prosecution.

According to the record on appeal, for the crime of falsification of a private document allegedly committed against appellee Eusebio Bernabe, appellant Joaquina Ventura stood trial in the Court of First Instance of Rizal upon the following complaint filed with the fiscal's office:

"The undersigned accuses JOAQUINA DE VENTURA of the crime of 'Falsification of...