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P.P vs. Mendiola, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALEJANDRO MENDIOLA, FLORENTINO ZAPANTA and GREGORIO REYES, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-1642-44 | 1949-01-29

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J p:

Justina Rizal and Teofilo Ampil, spouses, had been quarrelling because of the latter's amorous relations with other women. During the Japanese occupation they were invited to live with her brother Dr. Sisenando Rizal in Calamba. There were times during which he did not sleep there. There were occasions on which husband and wife were not on speaking terms. Justina went to the extent of complaining to her brothers and sisters against her husband.

On March 31, 1946, her brother Taciano V. Rizal came from Calamba to Manila in a weapons carrier, accompanied by appellants Alejandro Mendiola, Florentino Zapanta...