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City of Zamboanga vs. Alvarez

CITY OF ZAMBOANGA, plaintiff-appellant, vs. JUAN S. ALVAREZ, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-20400 | 1975-11-28

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

The disposition of this appeal on a question of law by the City of Zamboanga, plaintiff in the lower court, is not attended with difficulty. From the facts as found in the well-written decision of the lower court to which deference must he paid, it does follow that appellee Juan S. Alvarez is entitled to a favorable judgment, the dismissal of a complaint against him for the alleged failure to live up to a contract being warranted. There is no justification then for holding him liable in damages. A judgment of affirmance is therefore called for.

According to the appealed decision: "The plaintiff alleges that...