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Calixto Berbari Vs. Honorable Carlos A. Honorable Carlos A. Imperial 043 Phil 222

CALIxTO BERBARI, petitioner, vs. Honorable Carlos A. Honorable CARLOS A. IMPERIAL, Judge of First Instance of Manila, and ALFREDO CHICOTE, respondents.

G.R. No. L-18402 | 1922-03-22

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J.:

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari. The record shows that on September 26, 1921, Alfredo Chicote filed a complaint against the plaintiff herein, Calixto Berbari, in the Court of First Instance of Manila, alleging in substance that he, in the month of December, 1918, delivered to said Calixto Berbari the sum of P37,500 with instructions to use the money for the purchase of stock for the account of Chicote in the Tayabas Oil Company, a corporation; that said Berbari did not so use the money but retained it and diverted it from the purpose for which he received it and refused to return it to Chicote;...