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Juan Dalay Vs. Bernardo Aquiatin, Et Al 047 Phil 951

JUAN DALAY, plaintiff-appellant, vs. BERNARDO AQUIATIN and PROCESO MAXIMO, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 20132 | 1923-09-22

D E C I S I O N


ROMUALDEZ, J .:

Ciriaco Villarin, being the owner of six parcels of land described in the complaint, executed on July 4, 1917, a document (Exhibit A) in favor of Eugenio Gomez, acknowledging a debt, one of whose clauses is as follows:

". . . and if I cannot pay the aforesaid amount, when the date agreed upon comes, the same shall be paid with the lands given as security,-the lot and house and lands described in the aforesaid seven documents."

As the period so stipulated elapsed without Ciriaco Villarin having paid the debt, Eugenio Gomez believing himself entitled to do so, executed a document Exhibit C on September...