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Bank Of The Phil. Islands Vs. Gabriela Andrea R. De Coster, Et Al. 047 Phil 594

THE BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GABRIELA ANDREA DE COSTER Y ROXAS ET AL., defendants. LA ORDEN DE DOMINICOS or PEOPLE. PREDICADORES DE LA PROVINCIA DEL SANTISIMO ROSARIO, defendants-appellees; GABRIELA ANDREA DE COSTER Y ROXAS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 23181 | 1925-03-16

D E C I S I O N


JOHNS, J .:

We will decide the case of the bank first.

The petition of the appellant states under oath:

"II. That this defendant has been absent from the Philippine Islands and residing in the City of Paris, France, since the year 1908 (1909), up to April 30, 1924, on which date she arrived in this City of Manila, Philippine Islands.

"III. That at the time when the complaint in this case was filed and the summons issued, she was still absent from the Philippine Islands and had no knowledge either of the filing of third action or of the facts which led to it."

Under oath the plaintiff, through its acting president,...