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Trinidad Florendo Vs. Rufina Organo 090 Phil 483

TRINIDAD FLORENDO, petitioner-appellee, vs. RUFINA ORGANO, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-4037 | 1951-11-29

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

This is an appeal from the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur "absolving" the plaintiff from a counterclaim. The main action, which was for divorce, had been dismissed for failure of the plaintiff to prosecute.

Briefly, the plaintiff and the defendant are man and wife and have been living apart since 1909. In an action for maintenance and support brought in civil case No. 2853 of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur, this Court on appeal (G. R. No. 41438) handed down on March 4, 1935, a decision which closed with this judgment:

"En su virtud, se revoca la sentencia apelada y se condena al...