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AGAPITO HINLO, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. SATURNINA DE LEON, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF RUFINO TONGOY, DECEASED, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.—SATURNINA DE LEON, APPELLANT

AGAPITO HINLO, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. SATURNINA DE LEON, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF RUFINO TONGOY, DECEASED, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.—SATURNINA DE LEON, APPELLANT

G. R. No. 4860 | 1911-01-07

D E C I S I O N
 
ARELLANO, C.J.:
 
Esteban Hinlo and his wife Nicasia Jamandre owed Rufino Tongoy the sum of P2,300.30,  and as security for their debt gave them a mortgage on  a rural property of 30 hectares in area.   Esteban Hinlo died  on May 15, 1890, and Nicasia Jamandre on  June 17,  1897.   Prior to their  death, no suit had been instituted  for  the  recovery of the debt.   These spouses at death left five children, named Agapito, Honorato, Perfecto, Guagerico, and Encarnacion, the eldest of whom, Agapito,  at the time of his mother's death...