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3 - Benigno Del Rio Vs Carlo Palanca - May 31 1949
3 - Benigno Del Rio Vs Carlo Palanca - May 31 1949
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"Recibo tercero, 31-Dic-1945.................. 81,400.00
"Recibo cuarto, 21-Ene-1945 ................. 54,000.00
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"Total................................................ P161,268.00
"Son:
"Ciento Sesenta y un Mil Doscientos sesenta y ocho pesos.
"S. E. u O
[No. L-1271. May 31, 1949]
"Manila, 1 de Marzo de 1945
BENIGNO DEL RIO, plaintiff and appellant, vs. CARLOS PALANCA
(Fda.) "María Cuartero Gomez
TANGUINLAY, defendant and appellee.
"Tutora de los Menores Palanca Cuartero
OBLIGATIONS; PARENT AND CHILD; SUPPORT OF DEPENDANTS BY A STRANGER; "Nota:—Aquí no está incluido un préstamo hecho a Don
DOCTRINE IN RAMIREZ VS. REDFERN (49 PHIL., 849), REITERATED.—For one Vicente Singson Encarnacion el 19 de Sept. de 1944 y que caduca
to recover under the provisions of article 1894 of the Civil Code, it en la misma fecha en el año 1946 del que es solidaria y
must be alleged and proved, first, that support has been furnished a mancomunadamente fiador Don Benigno del Rio, préstamo que
dependent of one bound to give support but who fails to do so; second, tiene que reconocer Don Carlos Palanca."
that the support was supplied by a stranger; and third, that the
The action is based on article 1894 of the Civil Code
support was given without the knowledge of the person charged with
which reads:
the duty.
"Cuando, sin conocimiento del obligado a prestar alimentos, los
APPEAL from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of diese un extraño, éste tendrá derecho a reclamarlos de aquel, a no
Manila. Gutierrez David, J. constar que los dió por oficio de piedad y sin ánimo de
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. reclamarlos."
868
Analyzing the foregoing provision, this Court observed
in Ramirez vs. Redfern, 49 Phil., 849, 889, that "For one
868 PHILIPPINE REPORTS ANNOTATED
869
Del Rio vs. Palanca
870
sent by the plaintiff to the defendant, Del Rio informed
Palanca that up to December 31, 1942, he had handed
Maria Dolores Cuartero P750 as a loan for the support and
education of the defendant's children and requested that
that amount be paid. It will be noted that in the same
Exhibit, the plaintiff complained that the defendant had
not answered his previous letters, "recordándole los
préstamos que yo le hago a Doña Maria y Vd. se hace
sordo."
In the face of this attitude of the defendant, the plaintiff
was not justified in continuing supplying money to the
mother of the children, unless he wanted to give it out of
charity or without the expectation of recovering it from the
defendant. His remedy is against Maria Dolores Cuartero.
This conclusion makes unnecessary a discussion of the
second requirement. It suffices to state that the plaintiff