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United States Vs. Eugenio Kilayko 032 Phil 619

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. EUGENIO KILAYKO, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 10630 | 1915-12-21

D E C I S I O N

CARSON, J.:

The information in this case charges the defendant and appellee with a violation of the penal provisions of section 12 of the Chattel Mortgage Law (Act No. 1508), in that, as it is alleged, he sold certain property, mortgaged by him under the provisions of that Act, without the consent of the mortgagee, and notwithstanding the fact that the debt secured by the chattel mortgage had not been paid in full. 

After the defendant had been arraigned and pleaded not guilty, and before any of the witnesses were called to the witness stand, counsel for the accused interposed what he called a demurrer to the...