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Lim vs. Ponce De Leon

DELFIN LIM and JIKIL TAHA, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. FRANCISCO PONCE DE LEON AND ORLANDO MADDELA, defendants-appellees. Ricardo L. Manalilig for plaintiffs-appellants. Iñigo R. Peña for defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-22554 | 1975-08-29

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
MARTIN, J.:
 
Appeal on a question of law from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Palawan in Civil Case No. 416, entitled "Delfin Lim and Jikil Taha vs. Francisco Ponce de Leon and Orlando Maddela", dismissing the complaint of the plaintiffs and ordering them to pay each of the defendants jointly and severally the sum of P500.00 by way of actual damages; P500.00 by way of attorney's fees; and P1,000.00 by way of exemplary damages.
 
On April 29, 1961, plaintiff-appellant Jikil Taha sold to a certain Alberto Timbangcaya of...