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Ed Banco Espanol-Filipino Vs. Fulgencio Tan-Tongco, Et Al.

ED BANCO ESPANOL-FILIPINO, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FULGENCIO TAN-TONGCO AND GERONIMO JOSE, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 4163 | 1909-08-04

D E C I S I O N


ARELLANO, C.J.:

The matter involved in this controversy is a promissory note drawn as follows:

"Three months from this date I hereby promise to pay, in Manila, to the order of D. Geronimo Jose, the sum of three thousand six hundred pesos, Mexican currency, value received in cash for commercial transactions.

"Manila, 21st of July, 1902.

(Signed) ----Fulgencio Tan-Tongco."

"Pay to order of the Banco Español-Filipino for value received from the same in cash.

(Signed) "Geronimo Jose."

As the obligation was not paid at maturity a protest was entered, and on the 3d of February, 1904, the maker and the indorser, respectively, were sued...