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La Compania General De Tabacos vs. City Of Manila

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

G.R. No. 4393 | 1909-01-08

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, J.:

On the 21st of March, 1905, counsel for the Compañia General de Tabacos filed a written complaint against the city of Manila, claiming the refund of the sum of P88,698 illegally collected from said company, together with legal interest thereon from April 13, 1904, until the same should be settled; the company also claimed the return of P45,746;97, with legal interest thereon, which it had paid in excess taxes; at the close of the trial, the Court of First Instance rendered judgment on the 11th of September of said year, and sentenced the defendant city of Manila to refund the first-mentioned amount, with...