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Obras Pias Vs. Felizarda Devera Ignacio Et Al.

OBRAS PIAS DE LA SAGRADA DEL ARZOBISPADO DE MANILA, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELIZARDA DEVERA IGNACIO ET AL., defendants. ---- EUGENIA LICHAUCO, appellant.

G.R. No. L-5052 | 1910-09-16

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

On the 23d day of December, 1905, the plaintiff commenced an action in the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila to foreclose a certain mortgage, for the sum of P5,000, with interest, alleged to have been executed on the 16th day of August, 1861, by one Antonio Enriquez to the plaintiff. The execution of the mortgage in 1861 by the person indicated and its nonpayment are admitted facts. The principal defense made by the defendant is that the plaintiff failed to comply with the provisions of the Mortgage Law relative to the registration of the said mortgage in the new registration. The mortgage was...