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Augustin J. De Montilla Vs. La Corporacion, Et Al 024 Phil 220

AUGUSTIN J. DE MONTILLA, plaintiff-appellant, vs. LA CORPORACION DE PEOPLE. AGUSTINOS CALZADOS DE LA PROVINCIA DEL SANTISIMO NOMBRE DE JESUS DE FILIPINAS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 8404 | 1913-01-29

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

Motions or objections have been made in these causes which raise the question of the necessity of the use of the English language in the courts of the Islands. In the first case a motion is made by the defendant-appellant to strike from the record a brief filed by the plaintiff-appellant upon the ground that it is "not written in the official language." A motion is made in the other case to set aside and vacate a judgment of this court upon the ground that it is not written in the English language.

The brief and the judgment objected to are in the Spanish language and were filed in actions begun prior to...