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International Harvester Macleod, Inc. vs. Co Ban Ling & Sons Co., Et Al.

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER MACLEOD, INC., plaintiff-appellee, vs. CO BAN LING & SONS CO., et al., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-26863 | 1968-10-26

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

This is an appeal from the order of August 15, 1966 of the Court of First Instance of Manila in Civil Case 65385, dismissing the appeal of the defendants from the city court for their failure to appear at the pre-trial. 

On September 10, 1965 the plaintiff International Harvester Macleod, Inc. filed a complaint or the city court of Manila for the recovery of the sum of P2,500. The defendants' answer of October 5, 1965 admitted indebtedness, but denied the correctness of the amount demanded. 

On April 14, 1966 the case was tried on the merits, and judgment was forthwith rendered ordering the...