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Hilado vs. De La Costa

VICENTE HILADO, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELIX DE LA COSTA, in his capacity as Acting Bank Commissioner, and THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-150 | 1949-04-30

D E C I S I O N

FERIA, J p:
This is an appeal by the defendants from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila.
Plaintiff is a depositor in current account of the defendant bank, and had a balance of P3,687.21 in his favor as of December 29, 1941. During the early part of the Japanese occupation he had been making withdrawals from said account from February 4, 1942, to February 13, 1943, leaving on this last date a balance of P578.37. No deposit was made by the plaintiff during the period from December 29, 1941, to February 13, 1943, and for that reason the withdrawals, had to be taken or paid out of the said prewar balance.
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