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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

EN BANC

[G. R. No. 18114. April 24, 1922]

THE HASHIM COMMERCIAL & TRADING CO., plaintiff and appellee, v. SERAFIN UY PIACO, defendant and Appellant.

The appellant in his own behalf.

Crossfield & O’Brien for Appellee.

SYLLABUS


FRIVOLOUS APPEALS; COSTS. -- In order to discourage frivolous appeals, treble costs will be imposed on appellants in such cases.


D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J.:


A frivolous appeal.

Judgment affirment affirmed.

Treble cost imposed upon Appellant.

So ordered.

Araullo, C.J., Villamor, Ostrand, Johns, and Romualdez, JJ., concur.

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