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Hodges vs. Espayos, et al.

C.N. HODGES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. ELIEZER A. ESPAYOS, ROQUE SENINING and LOLITA SIGATON assisted by her husband ELISEO SIGATON, defendants, ROQUE SENINING, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-36505 | 1973-08-31

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J: 

In this appeal from an adverse judgment of the court of first instance of Iloilo, on plaintiff's complaint for recovery of a sum of money, certified to this Court by the Court of Appeals as involving purely questions of law, the Court finds that defendant-guarantor has failed to discharge the burden of showing the alleged nullity or failure of consideration of the promissory note subject matter of the action duly executed by defendant as an accomodation guarantor and therefore finds him liable to pay one-half of the amounts due thereunder as one of two guarantors. The judgment of the lower court absolving...