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Machinery & Engineering Supplies Vs. Maximino A. Quintano 098 Phil 892

MACHINERY & ENGINEERING SUPPLIES, INC., plaintiff-appellant, vs. MAXIMINO A. QUINTANO, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-8142 | 1956-04-27

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J. B. L., J.:

This appeal is taken from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, in its Civil Case No. 21049, dismissing the action upon plea of res judicata.

By complaint of October 27, 1953, plaintiff sought to recover from defendant, a former selling agent, (1) the sum of P700 allegedly misappropriated by said defendant; (2) P3,033.53 as the total amount corresponding to the face value of and interests on a promissory note in plaintiff's favor, secured by a chattel mortgage; and (3) P2,000 by way of damages. Defendant pleaded res judicata on the basis of a prior final judgment rendered in 1949 by...