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Serafin Tijam vs. Magdaleno Sibonghanoy

SERAFIN TIJAM, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellees, vs. MAGDALENO SIBONGHANOY ALIAS GAVINO SIBONGHANOY, ET AL., defendants, MANILA SURETY AND FIDELITY CO., INC. (CEBU BRANCH) bonding Company and defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-21450 | 1968-04-15

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
DIZON, J.: 
 
On July 19, 1948 - barely one month after the effectivity of Republic Act No. 296 known as the Judiciary Act of 1948 - the spouses Serafin Tijam and Felicitas Tagalog commenced Civil Case No. R-660 in the Court of First Instance of Cebu against the spouses Magdaleno Sibonghanoy and Lucia Baguio to recover from them the sum of P1,908.00, with legal interest thereon from the date of the filing of the complaint until the whole obligation is paid, plus costs. As prayed for in the complaint, a writ of attachment was issued by the court against defendants' properties, but the same was...