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Mariano S. Tuason Vs. Crisanto Marquez 045 Phil 381

MARIANO S. TUASON, plaintiff-appellant, vs. CRISANTO MARQUEZ, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 20659 | 1923-11-03

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J .:

Out of the vicissitudes of the unfortunate Electric Light Company of Lucena, Tayabas, has arisen the present litigation between Mariano S. Tuason, plaintiff and appellant, and Crisanto Marquez, defendant and appellee. The facts are not dispute, and the legal phases of the case are fairly evident.

On March 5, 1921, Crisanto Marquez, the owner of the electric light plant of Lucena, Tayabas, called Sucesores del Lucena Electric, gave an option to Antonio Tuason for the purchase of the plant for P14,400. The option was taken advantage of by Mariano S. Tuason, the real principal, on the 9th of the same month...