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Torres vs. Limjap

ALEJANDRA TORRES ET AL., SABINA VERGARA VDA, DE TORRES ET AL.,plaintiffs-appellees, vs. FRANCISCO LIMJAP, Special Administrator of the estate of the deceased Jose B. Henson, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 34385 | 1931-09-21

D E C I S I O N 

JOHNSON, J: 

These two actions were commenced in the Court of First Instance of Manila on April 16, 1930, for the purpose of securing from the defendant the possession of two drug stores located in the City of Manila, covered by two chattel mortgages executed by the deceased Jose B. Henson in favor of the plaintiffs. 

In the first case the plaintiffs alleged that Jose B. Henson, in his lifetime, executed in their favor a chattel mortgage (Exhibit A) on his drug store at Nos. 101-103 Calle Rosario, known as Farmacia Henson, to secure a loan of P7,000, although it was made to appear in the instrument that the...