Behn, Meyer & Co. v. Campbell & Go Tauco
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. The defendants in error, hereinafter called the plaintiffs, brought an action in the Court óf First Instance of the city of Manila in the Philippine .Islands, to recover from the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, the sum of 9,250.62 pesos, alleged to be due on account of labor and materials furnished under a building contract and its modifications.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. The defendants in error, hereinafter called the plaintiffs, brought an action in the Court óf First Instance of the city of Manila in the Philippine .Islands, to recover from the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, the sum of 9,250.62 pesos, alleged to be due on account of labor and materials furnished under a building contract and its modifications. The defendant among other defenses set up first, that the labor Was performed in a negligent and unworkmanlike manner, which.caused the defendant great damages; and, second,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moody
The defendant first appealed from the judgment of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, which- had been rendered against it, and the appeal was dismissed. 200 U. S. 611. The reason, so plain that it seemed not to require statement, was that errors alleged to have been committed in an action at law can be reviewed, here only by writ of error. This in the absence of modification by statute is the rule in respect to all courts whose records are brought here for review. Walker v. Dreville, 12 Wall. 440; United States v. Hailey, 118 U. S. 233; Deland v. Platte County, 155 U. S. 221;…
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