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Mitsui Bussan Kaisha vs Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank 036 Phil 027

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA (LTD.), plaintiff-appellant, vs. HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, defendant-appellee, FRANCISCO CHUA SECO, intervenor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-11079 | 1917-01-12

EN BANC

TRENT, J.:

This is an appeal by the plaintiff and the intervener from a judgment of the Court of First Instance in favor of the defendant bank.

Counsel for the plaintiff-appellant make twenty-one assignments of error, all of which relate to the question whether or not the plaintiff parted with the title to the coal which is the subject matter of this litigation.

Counsel for the intervener make the following assignment of error:

The lower court erred in holding Exhibit 1 valid, notwithstanding the provisions of section 70 of Act No. 1956, known as The Insolvency Law, and in deciding in favor of the defendant and not deciding in favor of...