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Donnelly vs. CFIM, et al.

MARC DONNELLY, petitioner, vs. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA and RODOLFO VILLAVICENCIO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-31209 | 1972-04-11

D E C I S I O N


VILLAMOR, J:

In this petition for review by certiorari, the plaintiff in Civil Case No. 76166 of the Court of First Instance of Manila (Branch IX) seeks the reversal of that court's order dismissing the case on the ground of prescription, as well as the order denying the plaintiff's motion for reconsideration.

This case had its origin in Civil Case No. 23466 of the Court of First Instance of Manila. After trial in the said case, which was an action for foreclosure of a chattel mortgage, the court rendered judgment for one of the defendants, herein petitioner Marc Donnelly, on his counterclaim, ordering the plaintiff,...