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Choa Tek Hee Vs. Phil. Publishing Co. 034 Phil 447

CHOA TEK HEE, plaintiff-appellant, vs. PHILIPPINE PUBLISHING COMPANY, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 10264 | 1916-03-28

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

This appeal brings up for review a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila absolving the defendant in an action for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on account of the publication of a certain article in a newspaper known as "The Manila "Times."

Counsel for the appellant urges that the trial court erred (1) in holding that the article was not an unreasonable publication of a judicial proceeding; (2) in holding that the article is only untrue in the heading, which states: "Charged P193,000 was spent in administering P200,00;" (3) in holding that the article was a report of a...