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VILAS v. MANILA

Nos. 53, 54, 207.

220 U.S. 345 (1911)

31 S.Ct. 416

55 L.Ed. 491

VILAS v. CITY OF MANILA. TRIGAS v. SAME. AGUADO v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic R. Coudert and Mr. Howard Thayer Kingsbury, with whom Mr. Paul Fuller and Mr. Harry Weston Van Dyke were on the brief, for plaintiff in error and appellants.

Mr. Paul Charlton, with whom Mr. Isaac Adams was on the brief, for defendant in error and appellees.

MR. JUSTICE LURTON delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs in error, who were plaintiffs below, are creditors of the city of Manila as it existed before the cession of the Philippine Islands to the United States by the treaty of Paris, December 10, 1898. Upon the theory that the city under its present charter from the government of the Philippine Islands is the same juristic person and liable upon the obligations...

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