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Benedicto vs. De La Rama [DECISION]

AGUEDA BENEDICTO, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ESTEBAN DE LA RAMA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 1056 | 1903-12-08

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
WILLARD, J.:

This is an action for divorce. The complaint, which was filed on October 29, 1901, alleged, as the grounds therefor, abandonment and adultery. The answer charged the plaintiff with adultery, denied the adultery imputed to the defendant, and asked for a divorce. Judgment was rendered on July 5, 1902, in favor of the plaintiff, granting her a divorce and 81,042.76 pesos as her share of the conjugal property. The defendant excepted to the judgment and moved for a new trial on the ground that the facts found were not justified by the evidence....