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Domingo Mercado vs. Jose Espiritu 37 Phil 215

DOMINGO MERCADO and JOSEFA MERCADO, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. JOSE ESPIRITU, administrator of the estate of the deceased Luis Espiritu, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-11872 | 1917-12-01

D E C I S I O N

TORRES, J.:

This is an appeal by bill of exceptions, filed by counsel for the plaintiffs from the judgment of September 22, 1914, in which the judge of the Seventh Judicial District dismissed the complaint filed by the plaintiffs and ordered them to keep perpetual silence in regard to the litigated land, and to pay the costs of the suit.

By a complaint dated April 9, 1913, counsel for Domingo and Josefa Mercado brought suit in the Court of First Instance of Bulacan, against Luis Espiritu, but, as the latter died soon thereafter, the complaint was amended by being directed against Jose Espiritu in his capacity of administrator...