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Mercedes Martinez Y Fernandez Vs. Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.

MERCEDES MARTINEZ Y FERNANDEZ ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 5496 | 1910-02-19

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

This is an action to set aside a contract on the ground that plaintiff's consent thereto was given under duress and undue influence. Alejandro S. Macleod is joined as plaintiff only for the reason that he is husband of Mercedes Martinez and he takes part in the action personally.

In the statement of the facts and some of the legal prepositions involved, we have made free use of the forms contained in the briefs of both parties.

Alejandro S. Macleod was foe many years the managing partner of the house of Aldecoa & Co. in the city of Manila. he withdrew from the management on the 31st day of December, 1906,...