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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 1910 > October 1910 Decisions > G.R. No. L-5465 October 5, 1910 - ANDRES SERRANO ET AL. v. PONCIANO REYES

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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

FIRST DIVISION

[G.R. No. L-5465. October 5, 1910. ]

ANDRES SERRANO ET AL., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PONCIANO REYES, Defendant-Appellant.

Vicente Foz, for Appellant.

No appearance for Appellees.

SYLLABUS


1. NEW TRIAL; REVIEW OF EVIDENCE. — In the absence of a motion for a new trial in the lower court and an exception to the ruling of the court thereon, this court can not review the evidence adduced during the trial of the cause.


D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J. :


On the 16th of August, 1907, the plaintiffs commenced an action against the defendant to recover an amount due under a certain building contract.

The defendant filed an answer in which he admitted some of the facts alleged in the petition, denied others and also set up a special defense.

After hearing the evidence, the Honorable Manuel Araullo rendered a judgment in which the facts were set out in detail in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendant.

After the rendition of this judgment the plaintiffs made a motion for a new trial, which was granted on the 28th of August, 1908.

After hearing the proof in the new trial, the Honorable Manuel Araullo rendered another judgment on the 16th of February, 1909, in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendant for the sum of P2,000, and costs. From this second judgment the defendant appealed and made several assignments of error in this court, some relating to questions of law and some to questions of fact. No motion for a new trial was made in the lower court; we can not, therefore, examine the evidence adduced on the trial of the cause. In the absence of a motion for a new trial, in conformity with the provisions of paragraph 3, section 497 of the Code of Procedure in Civil Actions, and an exception to the denial of the same by the trial court, the Supreme Court can not review the evidence and it is useless to include it in the bill of exceptions. (Prautch v. Hernandez, 1 Phil. Rep., 705; Pastor v. Gaspar, 2 Phil. Rep., 592; Co-Tiangco v. To-Jamco, 3 Phil. Rep., 210; Gonzaga v. Cante, 3 Phil. Rep., 394; Domenech v. Montes, 3 Phil. Rep., 412; Alcantara v. Montenegro, 3 Phil. Rep., 440; Bermejo v. Dorado, 4 Phil. Rep., 555; Tongco v. Manio, 4 Phil. Rep., 609; Artadi & Co. v. Chu Baco, 8 Phil. Rep., 677; Ferrer v. Neri, 9 Phil. Rep., 324; Un Pak Leung v. Nigorra, 9 Phil. Rep., 381; Remo v. Espinosa, 10 Phil. Rep., 136; Martinez v. Campbell, 10 Phil. Rep., 626; Sandeliz v. Reyes, 12 Phil. Rep., 506; Montanano v. Suesa, 14 Phil. Rep., 676.)

After an examination of the questions of law presented by the assignments of error, we have reached the conclusion that no error was committed in respect of them by the lower court. The judgment of the lower court is therefore hereby affirmed, with costs.

Arellano, C.J., Torres, Moreland, and Trent, JJ., concur.




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