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Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas Vs. Santiago Jalandoni050 Phil 501

COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SANTIAGO JALANDONI, as judicial administrator of the property of Eduarda Benedicto, deceased, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 26236 | 1927-07-29

D E C I S I O N

JOHNSON, J.:

This was an action to recover a sum of money due upon a mortgage executed and delivered by the said Eduarda Benedicto during her lifetime to plaintiff. Said mortgage not having been paid, the plaintiff commenced the present action in the Court of First Instance of the Province of Iloilo on the 9th day of March, 1926. The facts upon which the action is based are best explained by the allegations of the complaint, which are:

"I. Que la finada Da. Eduarda Benedicto como deudora hipotecaria firmo y otorgo en vida, con fecha 23 de noviembre de 1921 y a favor de la aqui demandante, como acreedora hipotecaria, una...