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Hi Caiji Vs. Philippine Sugar Estates Development Co. 050 Phil 592

HI CAIJI, plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE PHILIPPINE SUGAR ESTATES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LTD., defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 27122 | 1927-08-31

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

This appeal presents a question of law only. It is: Does the dismissal of an action upon which an attachment has been issued dissolve the attachment and relieve the property attached from the lien thus created ? The facts upon which that question arose may be stated as follows:

(a) That on the 2d day of July, 1924, the plaintiff Hi Caiji presented a complaint in the Court of First Instance of the City of Manila against Martiniano Eugenio and his wife Angela Carrillo for the recovery of the sum of P9,579.75;

(b) At the commencement of said action the plaintiff prayed for and obtained an attachment upon the...