ROBINSON vs VILLAFUERTE (G.R. No. L-5346 January 3 !"!!# FA$TS% April 30, 1908, W. W. Robinson entered suit in CFI Tayabas against Marelino !illa"uerte y Ra#ola, alleging$ T%at t%e plainti"" &as engaged, in Manila and at t%e ti'e spei"ied "urt %er on, in t%e i'port ation and sale o" "lour and ot%er pro duts "ro' abroad, &it% an o""ie in Manila, a business &%i% %e still ontinued, t%roug% t%e ageny o" Castle (rot%ers, Wol" ) *ons, establis%ed t%erein+ t%at t%e de"endant, a resident o" uena, Tayabas, by an instru'ent duly e-euted /tober 19, 190, by %is attorney in "at and legal representati2e, !iente Marelo Conepion, &%o &as "ully e'po&ered and aut%oried "or t%e purpose, and rati"ied on t%e sa'e date be"ore t%e notary publi o" Manila, 4.R. Willia's, a5no&ledged and on"essed t%at %e o&ed t%e plainti"" t%e net su' o" 63,87.70+ t%at by t%e said instru'ent duly e-euted t%e de"endant bound and pledged %i'sel" to pay to t%e plainti"" t%e said su' in "our 'ont%ly install'ents "ro' t%at date, at t%e rate o" 61,000 "or ea% o" t%e "irst t%ree install'ents and 687.70 "or t%e last one, and li5e&ise t%e interest t%ereon at t%e rate o" 8 per annu', to be ad:usted and paid at t%e ti'e o" paying ea% o" t%e install'ents "i-ed+ t%at in t%e said instru'ent t%e de"endant 'oreo2er bound %i'sel" to pay to t%e plainti"" t%e su' o" 6700 "or osts and e-penses, in ase t%e latter s%ould reur to :udiial proess "or t%e olletion o" t%e a"ore'entioned debt+ and t%at, as seurity "or t%e pay'ent o" t%e said debt, o" t%e interest t%ereon and o" t%e a'ount "or osts and e-penses, t%e de"endant 2oluntarily e-euted, by 'eans o" t%e said instru'ent and in "a2or o" t%e plainti"", a speial 'ortgage upon t%e properties o" %is absolute o&ners%ip and ontrol 11 Rural estates in uena. It &as stated in t%e instru'ent, as an e-press ondition, t%at de"ault o" pay'ent o" any o" t%e install'ents spei"ied in t%e "ourt% preeding paragrap% &ould ause t%e entire obligation to 'ature and &ould entitle t%e plainti"" it says ;de"endant; to re
s debt "or t%e a'ount lai'ed in t%e o'plaint, nor "or any ot%er su' o" 'oney+ t%at %e did not gi2e %is onsent to all o" to any one o" t%e 'ortgages alleged in t%e o'plaint, and t%at all t%e said 'ortgages on t%e properties &ere "ounded on a supposed po&er o" attorney said to %a2e been e-euted by t%e de"endant in "a2or o" !iente Marelo Conepion, &%i% po&er o" attorney &as "ititious, "alse, "raudulent, null and 2oid, t%at it &as not e-euted by t%e de"endant, nor did t%e latter inter2ene t%erein and t%at t%e said po&er o" attorney %ad no true reason "or e-istene+ &%ere"ore t%e de"endant as5ed t%at :udg'ent be rendered absol2ing %i' "ro' t%e o'plaint &it% t%e osts against t%e plainti"", by annulling ea% and all o" t%e 'ortgages alleged in t%e o'plaint and t%e insription o" ea% o" t%e' in t%e o""ie o" t%e register o" property o" Tayabas, and by ordering t%e anellation o" all t%e insriptions o" t%e said 'ortgages and enu'branes o" t%e a"ore'entioned properties. T%e purpose o" t%e suit "iled by t%e plainti"", W. W. Robinson, is t%e olletion o" 2arious su's o&ed by t%e de"endant, Marelino !illa"uerte y Ra#ola, t%e pay'ent o" &%i% is seured by a 'ortgage on t%e real properties set out in t%e t&o notarial dou'ents e2idening t%e debt, e-%ibited under letter A and (, and insribed in t%e property registry o" t%e 6ro2ine o" Tayabas.
ISSUE% W%et%er a a& Cler5, ?ose Moreno aalle, s%ould be per'itted to e-a'ine &itnesses during t%e %earing o" t%e ase RULING% Wit% regard to t%e "irst t&o alleged errors, relati2e to ?ose Moreno aalle being per'itted to address s &itnesses, not&it%standing t%e "at t%at Attorney Agustin Al2ares, designated in substitution o" t%e said @ausser'ann, Co%n ) Willia's as t%e plainti"">s representati2e in CFI Tayabas, &as present. ot&it%standing t%is, t%e ats per"or'ed in t%e ourse o" so'e o" t%e proeedings under t%e diretion o" ?ose Moreno aalle are not sub:et to annul'ent, as no positi2e detri'ent &as aused to t%e de"endant, alt%oug% su% inter2ention is in no 'anner per'itted by t%e la& o" proedure.
@o&e2er, e2en t%oug% t%e s &itnesses and t%e presentation o" dou'ents o" 2arious 5inds e-%ibited at t%e trial be stri5en out "or t%e reason t%at t%ey &ere 'ade by a person &%o &as neit%er a party to t%e suit nor ounsel "or t%e plainti"", yet &e do not "ind any reason, based upon any positi2e pro%ibition o" t%e la&, to aut%orie t%e stri5ing out to t%e ans&ers gi2en by t%e &itnesses interrogated by aalle, e2en t%oug% t%e said ans&ers 'ay %a2e been e2o5ed by s attorney, and t%e ans&ers t%ereto. Alt%oug% t%e presentation o" t%e dou'ents &%i% support t%e lai's o" t%e plainti"" party be dee'ed to be i'proper, on aount o" t%eir %a2ing been 'ade by a person &%o %ad not t%e s dou'entary e2idene &ould %a2e been totally in2alidated and annulled, and t%is suit &ould %a2e %ad a di""erent ending.
