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Bacolod-Murcia Planter's Ass'n. vs. Chua

THE BACOLOD-MURCIA PLANTER'S ASSOCIATION, INC., plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE CHUA, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-1662 | 1949-09-27

D E C I S I O N

REYES, J p:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of First Instance of Occidental Negros dismissing the above-entitled case without costs. The appeal is directed not against the dismissal of the case, but solely against the court's refusal to adjudge costs.

It appears that the said case was initiated with a complaint filed by the Bacolod-Murcia Planters' Association, Inc., as sole plaintiff, for the recovery of P2,373 which defendant had deducted from the purchase price of sugar alleged to have been bought by him from plaintiff, the deduction having been made on the supposition that defendant was to pay the export...