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George M. Saul vs Enrique Dalton Hawkins 1 Phil 275

GEORGE M. SAUL, plaintiff-appellant, vs. ENRIQUE DALTON HAWKINS, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 66 | 1902-05-01

D E C I S I O N 

ARELLANO, C.J.: 

On the 8th of August, 1900, D. Canuto Rivera sold to George M. Saul a house and lot at No. 14 Aguilar Street, Iloilo, P. I., by deed recorded in the property register on September 13 of the same year. 

On the 29th of the same month Mr. Saul, in an act of conciliation with Mr. Dalton, stated that on the 8th he had bought the said house, and "as Mr. Dalton has subleased the house, he demands that the latter deliver to him each month the entire amount of the rental under the sublease," to which the defendant replied that as he had a contract of lease with Mr. Canuto Rivera he did not consider...