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Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas Vs. City Of Manila

COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. THE CITY OF MANILA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-2963 | 1907-02-14

D E C I S I O N

JOHNSON, J.:

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant in the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila, on the 21st day of March, 1905, for the recovery of the sum of 134,444.97 pesos, which the plaintiff alleges was illegally collected by the defendant of the plaintiff as taxes for the years 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903.

To the complaint of the plaintiff the defendant filed a general demurrer, which was overruled by the lower court.

On the 14th day of June, 1905, the parties to the action entered into an agreement with reference to the facts in said cause, which stipulation is as follows:...