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Municipality Of Lemery Vs. Andres Mendoza, Et Al. 048 Phil 415

THE MUNICIPALITY OF LEMERY, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANDRES MENDOZA and SIMEON BLAS, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 23871 | 1926-12-07

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J .:

This action was instituted in the Court of First Instance of Batangas by the municipality of Lemery for the purpose of recovering jointly and severally of the defendants, Andres Mendoza, as principal, and of Simeon Blas and Mariano Napa, as sureties, the sum of P22,999.99, plus a further penal sum of P4,599.99, with costs. Upon hearing the cause the trial judge gave judgment for the plaintiff in the amounts stated, with costs, and the defendants Mendoza and Blas appealed.

It appears that on September 1, 1920, the municipal council of Lemery, Batangas, adopted a resolution, No. 53, authorizing the letting of...