Case Digest (G. R. No. 39385)
Facts:
Ambrosio Alegre et al. v. Andres Javan et al., G.R. No. 39385 (June 11, 1934), the Supreme Court, J. Stevens, Acting Clerk of Court, writing for the Court. The plaintiffs-appellees are Ambrosio Alegre and others; the defendants-appellants are Andres Javan and others.
The record shows that the parties litigated before the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental, which entered an order dated September 23, 1932, in favor of the plaintiffs. The defendants appealed that order to the Supreme Court, as the decision itself records: the appeal was taken from the order of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental dated September 23, 1932.
The Supreme Court notes that it "having regularly acquired jurisdiction for the trial of the above-entitled cause" considered the record and filed its decision and order for judgment on May 25, 1934. The Court's final disposition affirmed the order of the Court of First Instance and assessed costs against the defendants-appellants; it also directed that the plaintiffs-appellees recover the sum of P40.00 as costs from the defendants-appellants. The appeal reached the Supreme Court by direct a...(Pro-only)
Issues:
- Did the Supreme Court properly affirm the order of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental dated September 23, 1932?
- Were the plaintiffs entitled to recover P40.00 as costs from the ...(Pro-only)
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