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Joseph N. Wolfson vs. Estate Of Francisco Martinez 020 Phil 340

JOSEPH N. WOLFSON, plaintiff-appellee, vs. THE ESTATE OF FRANCISCO MARTINEZ, deceased, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 5970 | 1911-10-13

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila, the Hon. A. S. Crossfield presiding, reversing the findings of certain commissioners who rejected the claim of the plaintiff presented against the estate of Francisco Martinez, deceased, and finding in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of P12,000.

The learned trial court in the opinion which forms the basis of his judgment said:

"From the evidence presented at the trial it appears that on the 29th day of January, 1906, a judgment was entered in this court by Hon. John C. Sweeney, one of the judges thereof, in...