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Figuracion, et al. vs. Cortez

MARCELA FIGURACION and JOSE C. TOLENTINO, petitioners, vs. JUSTO CORTEZ, respondent.

G.R. No. L-27146 | 1974-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MAKALINTAL, C.J:

Appeal by certiorari from a decision of the Court of Appeals.

In Civil Case No. II-257 of the Court of First Instance of Isabela entitled "Justo Cortez vs. Marcela Figuracion and Jose Tolentino," judgment was rendered requiring each of the defendants therein to pay the plaintiff damages in the sum of P668.00, or the total amount of P1,336.00. Because of the defendants' failure to pay, the winning plaintiff Justo Cortez obtained a writ of execution by virtue of which the Provincial Sheriff of Isabela, on March 15, 1960, levied upon the separate landholdings of the losing defendants consisting of about 42...