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Bhopatrai vs. Arellano

JASU BHOPATRAI, petitioner, vs. THE HON. FRANCISCO ARELLANO, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Court of Special Criminal Jurisdiction of Occidental Negros, respondent.

G.R. No. 49304 | 1944-11-17

D E C I S I O N

OZAETA, J:

The petitioner is the manager of B. I. Sehwani & Co., a mercantile firm doing business in Bacolod, Occidental Negros. On and before August 18, 1944, said company had 1,579 pairs of men's shoes in stock, of which 928 pairs were leather or army shoes and 651 pairs were rubber or tennis shoes, having purchased the same between June 5, 1943, and June 5, 1944, at prices ranging from P23.70 to P92 a pair of the leather shoes and from P4.50 to P15 a pair of the rubber shoes. In June 1944 the Constabulary of Occidental Negros needed 600 pairs of shoes and tried to purchase them from the petitioner's store but were told...