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Government Of The Phil. Vs. Chua Cho Pack & Co. 050 Phil 529

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS and JOAQUIN NATIVIDAD, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. CHUA CHO PACK & CO., TOMAS LIAO LAMCO and LIAO LIECCO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 26801 | 1927-08-04

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

This action was commenced in the Court of First Instance of Cebu on November 10, 1924. Its purpose was to recover of the defendants the sum of P41,852.62, representing the aggregate amount of eight bonds (Exhibits A-1 to H-1) executed in favor of the Government of the Philippine Islands by the above-named defendants. The defendant Chua Cho Pack & Co. signed the bonds as principal and the other two defendants as sureties. Chua Cho Pack & Co. was a commercial partnership, with its principal office in the City of Manila, and with a branch office in Cebu.

Said bonds were executed in order to enable Chua Cho...