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Benito Africa Vs. Kurt W. Gronke 034 Phil 50

BENITO AFRICA, petitioner, vs. KURT W. GRONKE, assignee, TOMASA MASONSONG ET AL., wife and children of the insolvent Benito Africa, appellants.

G.R. No. 10649 | 1916-03-01

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

On February 24, 1914, Benito Africa filed in the Court of First Instance of Batangas a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. The judge assigned to hold the Court of First Instance in that province was absent from the province and the petition was presented to the justice of the peace of the capital of the province under the provisions of section 68 of Act No. 136, as amended. The justice of the peace took cognizance of the case and, on the 24th of February, 1914, the same day on which the petition was filed, made the order provided for in section 18 of Act No. 1956, known as the Insolvency Law. On the 24th of...