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United States Vs. Varadero De La Quinta 040 Phil 48

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VARADERO DE LA QUINTA, CELERINO B. ARELLANO AND CIRILO JOSE, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 14370 | 1919-09-01

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J .:

No better starting lace for this opinion can be found than the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila which awarded the plaintiff the sum of P13,961.76 with interest and costs. With difficulty could the fair and concise statement of the case and of the facts by the trial judge be improved upon. The decision, accordingly incorporated as an integral art of this opinion, quoted in full, reads as follows:

"This is an action to recover the sum of P13,961.76 for the non-performance of a guaranteed proposal to construct two scows for the plaintiff.

"It appears from the evidence that on February 23,...