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Claro Rivera Vs. Amadeo Matute 098 Phil 516

CLARO RIVERA, plaintiff-appellant, vs. AMADEO MATUTE, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-6998 | 1956-02-29

D E C I S I O N


MONTEMAYOR, J.:

Both plaintiff Claro Rivera and defendant Amadeo Matute are appealing from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila presided over by Judge Fidel Ibañez, sentencing the defendant to pay to the plaintiff the sum of P54,271.30 as damages for breach of contract for sale of copra, with legal interest at 6 per cent per annum from the date of the decision, with costs. Because of the amount of the award, the appeal was taken directly to us.

The trial court rendered a well-prepared and exhaustive decision with factual details and we are reproducing the entire decision with approval, but making...