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Luciano Delgado Vs. Eduardo Alonso Duque Valgona 044 Phil 739

LUCIANO DELGADO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. EDUARDO ALONSO DUQUE VALGONA, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 19826 | 1923-03-31

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J .:

The parties to this action are residents of municipality of Goa, in the Province of the Camarines Sur, the plaintiff, Luciano Delgado, being a planter of local prominence while the defendant, Eduardo Alonso Duque Valgona, is a business man and a storekeeper in Goa. In November of the year 1917 Alonso purchased twelve parcels of land in the municipality of Goa from one Stickney, who was then about to leave the Philippine Islands, paying the sum of P15,000 therefor. This purchase was apparently made by Alonso as an investment; and at the time of acquiring the property he probably expected, from a certain...