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Abelarde, Et. Al. Vs. Lopez, Et. Al.

FRANCISCO ABELARDE ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. MARIA LOPEZ ET AL., defendants. MARIA LOPEZ, appellee.

G.R. No. 48618 | 1943-09-27

D E C I S I O N

BOCOBO, J:

This case comes up from the Court of Appeals upon a
certificate by the latter that the amount involved is more than P50,000.00.

The question at issue is whether the sale of certain sugar haciendas from plaintiffs-appellants, Francisco Abelarde and Adela Araullo, to defendant-appellee, Maria Lopez, includes the sugar quota of 34,227.34 piculs under Act No. 4166. Maintaining the negative, plaintiffs-appellants sued Maria Lopez and the North Negros Sugar Co. Inc. in the Court of First Instance of Cebu for payment for the use of said sugar quota in a sum equivalent to 5% of the quota from October 15, 1936. Upon...