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Fausto Catagona Vs. Segundo Dionisio 105 Phil 72

FAUSTO CATAGONA, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SEGUNDO DIONISIO, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-12731 | 1959-01-27

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

On June 2, 1954, plaintiff filed in the Court of Instance of Nueva Ecija an action to declare certain contract entered into between him and defendant to be a mere mortgage and not a sale with right to repurchase; to order defendant to receive the amount of P100.00, with interest thereon, representing the balance of plaintiff's indebtedness to defendant: to declare to the alleged contract of mortgage released, and to order defendant to pay the aggregate amount of P14,500.00 by way of damages and attorney's fees.

Defendant, answering the complaint, claimed that the contract alluded to by plaintiff is...