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Antonio M. Barretto Vs. Phil. Publishing Co. 030 Phil 88

ANTONIO M. BARRETTO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. PHILIPPINE PUBLISHING CO., defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 9476 | 1915-03-17

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila dismissing the complaint on the merits.

The action is for damages claimed to have been sustained by reason of the publication of an alleged libelous article in a daily newspaper published in the city of Manila, called The Manila Times, owned and published by the defendant. The article alleged to be libelous is as follows:

"BAD FAITH IS ANSWER MADE.

"A. M. BARRETTO NAMED IN DOCUMENT FILED.

"'That the contract sued upon was entered into by Antonio M. Barretto and the Murray Commercial Company in bad faith and for the purpose of...