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People vs. Uehara

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JINTARO UEHARA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 42605 | 1935-10-11

D E C I S I O N


HULL, J:

Appellant was convicted in the Court of First Instance of Davao for estafa. The complain alleges that on the 18th of February, 1932, the accused committed estafa by selling a piece of real estate standing in his name, although on the 5th of August, 1930, he had sold the same piece of property to Antonio Pichon, and by virtue of the second sale he cheated and defrauded said Antonio Pichon out of the value of the property.

The land in question was known as lot No. 210 of the cadastral survey of Davao. The land in the cadastral proceedings was adjudicated to the defendant-appellant, and the order of the court to...