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Isidro Nantes Vs. Damian Madriguera, Et Al. 042 Phil 389

ISIDRO NANTES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. DAMIAN MADRIGUERA and ANACLETO CAINTO, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 15297 | 1921-11-25

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J .:

The defendant Damian Madriguera is a merchant engaged in the purchase and sale of abaca (hemp), having his principal place of business in the municipality of Paete, Province of Laguna; and, up to the time hereinafter mentioned, he had been engaged in such business-for at least twenty years. On the 10th day of July, 1917, the other defendant herein, Anacleto Cainto, acting as an agent of the said Madriguera, purchased from the plaintiff, Isidro Nantes, in the municipality of Lukban, Province of Tayabas, 1,257 kilos of abaca at the agreed price of P1,357.56. Of this sum only P70 was paid by Cainto to Nantes...