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Juan Lim Liin Uan Vs. Vicente Laag, Et Al. 051 Phil 930

JUAN LIM LIIN UAN, plaintiff-appellant, vs. VICENTE LAAG and NEMESIO LAAG, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 22538 | 1924-11-28

D E C I S I O N


ROMUALDEZ, J.:

The plaintiff prays that he be declared the owner of the land described in his complaint, that the defendants be ordered to vacate it, and to pay him the sum of P500 as damages.
On December 23, 1918, the defendants were declared in default. Before the plaintiff presented his evidence, the defendants, on January 14, 1919, filed a motion praying that the order of default be set aside, alleging that through their ignorance they had taken the summons as the plaintiff's attempt to execute a judgment in a former case, also by default. The plaintiff objected to this motion on January 17, 1919, and on the 24th of...