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La Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas vs. Jimenes, et al

LA COMPA?IA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MATEO JIMENES and SOCORRO FORTICH, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 42277 | 1935-08-30

D E C I S I O N


GODDARD, J:

The plaintiff instituted this action in the Court of First Instance of Occidental Misamis for the purpose of collecting from the defendants the sum of P17,500 with interest at 10 per cent per annum from February 18, 1928, until paid and to foreclose a mortgage on real estate executed by the defendants as security for the payment of that sum.

In the year 1922 the defendant, Mateo Jimenez, was designated as consignee of the plaintiff's vessel at Oroquieta, Misamis, and for his services he was to receive a commission of 5 per cent of the amount collected on outbound freight and 2 1/2 per cent of the amount...