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Pastells & Regordosa vs Hollman & Co.

PASTELLS & REGORDOSA, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. HOLLMAN & CO., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 38 | 1903-05-15

D E C I S I O N


LADD, J.:

This action is brought to recover the purchase price of goods sold the defendants, who are a firm doing business in Manila, by the plaintiffs, who are manufacturers in Barcelona, Spain. The defense is that the goods were in fact sold not to the defendants but to one Ferrer, who acted for them as comisionista in Barcelona, and that Ferrer contracted for the goods in his own name and not in the name of the defendants.

It is claimed by the plaintiffs that Ferrer's agency for the defendants was not that of an agent comisionista but rather that of a special agent (mandatario singular), under article 292 of the Code...