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Monico Puentebella Vs. Negros Coal Co. 050 Phil 69

MONICO PUENTEBELLA ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. NEGROS COAL CO., LTD., ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 26216 and 26217 | 1927-03-06

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J.:

These are appeals by both parties from the following decision of the Court of First Instance of Occidental Negros:

"Due to the close connection between these two cases, they were tried jointly by agreement of the parties. They are actions for the recovery of damages for the sum of P50,000 and P40,000, respectively.

"It is alleged that the plaintiffs, having bound themselves to plant sugar cane which the defendants, in turn, promised to mill in a sugar central which they were to erect, complied with their contract, but the latter did not erect the central in due time, this delay causing the former to lose...