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Uy Tam and Uy Yet vs. Thomas Leonard 30 Phil 471

UY TAM and UY YET, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THOMAS LEONARD, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 8312 | 1915-03-29

D E C I S I O N

TRENT, J.:

An appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila sustaining the defendants' demurrer upon the ground that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and dismissing the complaint with costs.

This is an action by a third person upon a bond executed between the individual defendants as obligors and the city of Manila as obligee. The bond was executed in connection with and to secure the performance of a contract entered into by Hosty and Brown, the principals of the bond, for furnishing crushed rock to the city of Manila for one year. The plaintiffs...