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Mercado, et al vs. Macapayag, et al

FRANCISCA MERCADO and ANASTACIO LISING, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. FRANCISCO MACAPAYAG and ROMAN PINEDA, defendants. FRANCISCO LORENZO and CONCEPCION HIZON, sureties-appellants.

G.R. No. 46984 | 1940-01-20

D E C I S I O N


LAUREL, J:

This is an appeal interposed by sureties Francisco Lorenzo and Concepcion Hizon from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Pampanga holding them liable on their redelivery bond for the obligations of their co-defendants Francisco Macapayag and Roman Pineda.

It appears that on February 7, 1936, plaintiffs Francisca Mercado and Anastacio Lising filed an action against defendants Francisco Macapayag and Roman Pineda for the manual delivery of 370 cavanes of palay in the possession of the latter valued at P1,184 at P3.20 a cavan. Following the filing of the required bond by said plaintiffs a warrant of...