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Gregorio R. Sy-Quia Vs. Sheriff Of Ilocos Sur, Et Al. 046 Phil 400

GREGORIO R. SY-QUIA, petitioner, vs. THE SHERIFF OF ILOCOS SUR and FILADELFO DE LEON, respondents.

G.R. No. L-22807 | 1924-10-10

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J .:

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Sheriff of the Province of Ilocos Sur to proceed with a chattel mortgage foreclosure sale.

It appears from the record that on February 3, 1915, Miguel Aglipay Cheng-Laco and Feliciano Reyes Cheng-Kiango executed a chattel mortgage in favor of the petitioner Gregorio R. Sy-Quia on their mercantile establishment, with all the merchandise therein contained, as security for a debt of P6,000. The chattel mortgage was duly recorded on the date of its execution and fell due on February 3, 1917. From its terms it may be inferred that it was the intention of...