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W.H. Tipton vs. Ramon Martinez y Andueza

W.H. TIPTON, Chief of the Bureau of Lands and Administrator of the Estate of the san Lazaro Hospital, plaintiff-appellant, vs. RAMON MARTINEZ Y ANDUEZA, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 2070 | 1906-01-02

D E C I S I O N


MAPA, J.:

On the 30th day of October, 1899, Vicente Aguirre y Flores, as administrator of the San Lazaro Hospital, leased to the defendant in this case a tract of land belonging to the hospital. It was stipulated in the contract that the lease should run for a period of ten years from the 1st day of January, 1899. Aguirre, the administrator, was duly authorized to execute such contracts, but his power was general in terms and contained no provision specially authorizing him to make leases with respect to the hospital property for a period of ten years or any other specific term.

The plaintiff, as the present...