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Santiago vs. Millar

GERONIMO SANTIAGO, JR., plaintiff-appellee, vs. FABIAN R. MILLAR, as Manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 45993 | 1939-05-11

D E C I S I O N


LAUREL, J:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila ordering the defendant Fabian R. Millar, as manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes to pay to the plaintiff, Geronimo Santiago, jr., the sum of P470.59 corresponding to two units of ticket No. 0293020 which won a prize of P941.18 in the sweepstake draw held in the City of Manila on May 16, 1937.

It is admitted that the defendant, Fabian R. Millar, was at the time the general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office; that on February 16, 1937 the plaintiffs, Geronimo Santiago, jr., as agent No. 396, purchased from the...