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Melecio Montinola vs. Jose G. Montalvo 34 Phil 662

MELECIO MONTINOLA, plaintiff-appellant, vs. JOSE G. MONTALVO ET AL., defendants-appellants; and

G.R. No. 10114 and 10137 | 1916-08-03

D E C I S I O N

TRENT, J.:

The plaintiff, Melecio Montinola, instituted two civil actions for libel against the defendants, Jose G. Montalvo, Fidel Hervas, and Crescenciano Lozano. The two articles, which form the basis of these actions, are those published in El Adalid on November 29th and December 2d, 1913. Judgment was entered in the first case (R. G. No. 10114) in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of P1,000 and in the second (R. G. No. 10137) the defendants were absolved upon the ground that the publication was not libelous in so far as the plaintiff was concerned. The defendant's appeal, which was taken from the judgment in the...