Tayabas Land Co. v. Manila Railroad

Citations

• 250 U.S. 22
• 39 S. Ct. 420
• 63 L. Ed. 819
• 1919 U.S. LEXIS 1707

Syllabus

<p>Under §§ 246, 273, 496 and 497 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the • Philippine Islands, the Supreme Court of the Islands may review the evidence touching the amount of an award reported by commissioners and accepted by the Court of First Instance in a con- . demnation case, and may find a different amount upon a preponderance of the evidence and modify the judgment accordingly if a motion for new trial has been made and exceptions taken as provided in the last-mentioned section. P. 24.</p> <p>TJiis.court will accept a construction placed by the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands upon a local statute, if not clearly erroneous, and will assume that that court duly considered and weighed the-testimony and commissioners’report on the facts. P.27.</p> <p>This court cannot examine questions of fact in a case coming from the Philippine court on writ of error. Id.</p>