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Jose De La Vi?a Y Cruz Vs. Sing Juco

JOSE DE LA VI?A Y CRUZ, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SING JUCO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 27436 | 1927-12-24

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J.:

On August 6, 1919, the plaintiff Jose de la Viña y Cruz, one Yu Sinlay, and the herein defendant Sing Juco entered into a written contract of which the material parts read as follows in translation from Spanish:
"Know all men by these presents:
"That we, Yu Sinlay, . . .,on the one hand, as purchaser and mortgagee; and on the other hand, a vendor and mortgagor, Jose de la Viña y de la Cruz . . .represented in this act by Roque L. Justiniani, . . .who is authorized to execute the present document, according to a power of attorney which, when copied, is as follows:
"SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
"I,...