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Lumen Policarpio vs. Manila Times Publication Co., Inc., Et Al. 115 Phil. 130

LUMEN POLICARPIO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE MANILA TIMES PUBLICATION CO., INC., CONSTANTE C. ROLDAN, MANUEL V. VILLA-RAEL, E. AGUILAR CRUZ and CONSORCIO BORJE, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-16027 | 1962-05-30

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

Appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila dismissing plaintiff's complaint and defendants' counterclaim, without special pronouncement as to costs. Originally certified to the Court of Appeals, the record on appeal was subsequently forwarded to us in view of the amount involved in the complaint (P300,000.00). 

Plaintiff Lumen Policarpio seeks to recover P150,000.00, as actual damages, P70,000, as moral damages, P60,000, as correctional and exemplary damages, and P20,000, as attorney's fees, aside from the costs, by reason of the publication in the Saturday Mirror of August...