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Lilius vs. Manila Railroad Company

ALEKO E. LILIUS, and SONJA MARIA LILIUS, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, defendant. , PHILIPPINE SHIPPING AGENCIES, LTD., et al intervenors- appellees.

G.R. No. 42551 | 1935-09-04

D E C I S I O N

GODDARD, J: 

In this case Laura Lindley Shuman, the Manila Wine Merchants, Ltd., the Bank of the Philippine Islands and the Manila Motor Co., Inc., have appealed from an order of the Court of First Instance of Manila fixing the degree of preference of the claimants and distributing the proceeds of the judgment of this court in the case of Lilius vs. Manila Railroad Co. (59 Phil., 758), the amount of which judgment in the sum of P33,525.03, including interest and costs, was deposited by the railroad company with the clerk of the lower court in that case. After deducting the attorneys' fees in the sum of P8,016.88, which...