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Lugay vs. Basilio

REMEDIOS TIONGSON DE LUGAY and REGINA TIONGSON, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. DOMINGO C. BASILIO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 48870 | 1943-05-28

D E C I S I O N

OZAETA, J:

The plaintiffs instituted this action against the defendant for the recovery of the sum of P1,700 as agreed rental on a parcel of land for the agricultural year 1939-1940, with damages in the sum of P600, and the immediate return to them of the leased premises. The defendant presented a general denial with a reservation to file an amended answer. When the case was called for trial on June 28, 1940, the defendant did not appear but contented himself with mailing to the court on the previous day a motion for continuance accompanied by a medical certificate that said defendant was ill in bed. The motion was...