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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2010 > December 2010 Decisions > [G.R. No. 172020, December 06 : 2010] TRADERS ROYAL BANK, PETITIONER, VS. NORBERTO CASTAÑARES AND MILAGROS CASTAÑARES, RESPONDENTS. :




THIRD DIVISION

[G.R. No. 172020, December 06 : 2010]

TRADERS ROYAL BANK, PETITIONER, VS. NORBERTO CASTAÑARES AND MILAGROS CASTAÑARES, RESPONDENTS.

D E C I S I O N


VILLARAMA, JR., J.:

Assailed in this petition for review under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, is the Decision[1] dated January 11, 2006 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 67257 which reversed the Joint Decision[2] dated August 26, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cebu City, Branch 13 in Civil Case Nos. R-22608 and CEB-112.

The Facts

Respondent-spouses Norberto and Milagros Castañares are engaged in the business of exporting shell crafts and other handicrafts. Between 1977 and 1978, respondents obtained from petitioner Traders Royal Bank various loans and credit accommodations.  Respondents executed two real estate mortgages (REMs) dated April 18, 1977 and January 25, 1978 covering their properties (TCT Nos. T-38346, T-37536, T-37535, T-37192 and T-37191).  As evidenced by Promissory Note No. BD-77-113 dated May 10, 1977, petitioner released only the amount of P35,000.00 although the mortgage deeds indicated the principal amounts as P86,000.00 and P60,000.00.[3]

Respondents were further granted additional funds on various dates under promissory notes[4] they executed in favor of the petitioner:

Type of Loan
Date Granted
Amount

Packing Credit
May 10, 1977
P19,000.00
Packing Credit
May 18, 1977
P25,000.00
Packing Credit
June 23, 1977
P12,500.00
Packing Credit
August 19, 1977
P  2,900.00
Packing Credit
April 4, 1978
P18,000.00
Packing Credit
April 19, 1978
P23,000.00

On June 22, 1977, petitioner transferred the amount of P1,150.00 from respondents' current account to their savings account, which was erroneously posted as P1,500.00 but later corrected to reflect the figure P1,150.00 in the savings account passbook.  By the second quarter of 1978, the loans began to mature and the letters of credit against which the packing advances were granted started to expire.  Meanwhile, on December 7, 1979, petitioner, without notifying the respondents, applied to the payment of respondents' outstanding obligations the sum of $4,220.00 or P30,930.49 which was remitted to the respondents thru telegraphic transfer from AMROBANK, Amsterdam by one Richard Wagner.  The aforesaid entries in the passbook of respondents and the $4,220.00 telegraphic transfer were the subject of respondents' letter-complaint[5] dated September 20, 1982 addressed to the Manager of the Regional Office of the Central Bank of the Philippines.

For failure of the respondents to pay their outstanding loans with petitioner, the latter proceeded with the extrajudicial foreclosure of the real estate mortgages.[6] Thereafter, a Certificate of Sale[7] covering all the mortgaged properties was issued by Deputy Sheriff Wilfredo P. Borces in favor of petitioner as the lone bidder for P117,000.00 during the auction sale conducted on November 24, 1981. Said certificate of sale was registered with the Office of the Register of Deeds on February 4, 1982.

On November 24, 1982, petitioner instituted Civil Case No. R-22608 for deficiency judgment, claiming that after applying the proceeds of foreclosure sale to the total unpaid obligations of respondents (P200,397.78), respondents were still indebted to petitioner for the sum of P83,397.68.[8]  Respondents filed their Answer With Counterclaim on December 27, 1982.[9]

On February 10, 1983, respondents filed Civil Case No. CEB-112 for the recovery of the sums of P2,584.27 debited from their savings account passbook and the equivalent amount of $4,220.00 telegraphic transfer, and in addition, $55,258.85 representing the damage suffered by the respondents from letters of credit left un-negotiated because of petitioner's refusal to pay the $4,220.00 demanded by the respondents.[10]

The cases were consolidated before Branch 13, RTC of Cebu City.

Ruling of the RTC

In a Joint Decision[11] dated August 26, 1998, the RTC ruled in favor of the petitioner, as follows:

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, judgment is hereby rendered in Civil Case No. R-22608 in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants directing the defendants jointly and solidarily to pay plaintiff the sum of P83,397.68 with legal rate of interest to be computed from November 24, 1981 (the date of the auction sale) until full payment thereof.  They are likewise directed to pay plaintiff attorney's fees in the sum of P10,000.00 plus litigation expenses in the amount of P2,500.00.

With cost against defendants.

In CEB-112, judgment is hereby rendered dismissing the complaint.

With cost against the plaintiff.

SO ORDERED.[12]

The trial court found that despite respondents' insistence that the REM covered only a separate loan for P86,000.00 which they believed petitioner committed to lend them, the evidence clearly shows that said REM was constituted as security for all the promissory notes.  No separate demand was made for the amount of P86,000.00 stated in the REM, as the demand was limited to the amounts of the promissory notes.  The trial court further noted that respondents never questioned the judgment for extrajudicial foreclosure, the certificate of sale and the deficiency in that case.[13]

With respect to the passbook entries, the trial court stated that no objection thereto was made by the respondents until five years later when in a letter dated August 10, 1982, respondents' counsel asked petitioner to be enlightened on the matter. Neither did respondents protest the application of the balance (P1,150.00) in the passbook to his account with petitioner.  More important, respondent Norberto Castañares in his testimony admitted that the matter was already clarified to him by petitioner and that the latter had the right to apply his deposit to his loan accounts.  Admittedly, his complaint has to do more with the lack of consent on his part and the non-issuance of official receipt.  However, he did not follow up his request for official receipt as he did not want to be going back and forth to the bank.[14]

CA Ruling

With the trial court's denial of their motion for reconsideration, respondents appealed to the CA.  Finding merit in respondents' arguments, the appellate court set aside the trial court's judgment under its Decision[15] dated January 11, 2006, thus:

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing premises, judgment is hereby rendered by us GRANTING the appeal filed in this case and REVERSING AND SETTING ASIDE the Joint Decision dated August 26, 1998, Regional Trial Court, 7th Judicial Region, Branch 13, in Civil Case No. R-22608 and Civil Case No. CEB-112.  With regard to Civil Case No. R-22608, the real estate mortgage dated April 18, 1977 is hereby DECLARED as valid in part as to the amount of P35,000.00 actually released in favor of appellants, while the real estate mortgage dated January 26, 1978 is hereby declared as null and void. Furthermore, in Civil Case No. CEB-112, TRB is hereby ordered to release the amount of US$4,220.90 to the appellants at its current rate of exchange.  No pronouncement as to costs.

SO ORDERED.[16]

The CA held that the RTC overlooked the fact that there were no adequate evidence presented to prove that petitioner released in full to the respondents the proceeds of the REM loan.  Citing Filipinas Marble Corporation v. Intermediate Appellate Court[17] and Naguiat v. Court of Appeals,[18] the appellate court declared that where there was failure of the mortgagee bank to deliver the consideration for which the mortgage was executed, the contract of loan was invalid and consequently the accessory contract of mortgage is likewise null and void.  In this case, only P35,000.00 out of the P86,000.00 stated in the REM dated April 18, 1977 was released to respondents, and hence the REM was valid only to that extent.  For the same reason, the second REM was null and void since no actual loan proceeds were released to the respondents-mortgagors. The REMs are not connected to the subsequent promissory notes because these were signed by respondents for the sole purpose of securing packing credits and export advances.  Further citing Acme Shoe, Rubber and Plastic Corp. v. Court of Appeals,[19] the CA stated that the rule is that a pledge, real estate mortgage or antichresis may exceptionally secure after-incurred obligations only as long as these debts are accurately described therein.  In this case, neither of the two REMs accurately described or even mentioned the securing of future debts or obligations.[20]

The CA thus held that petitioner's remedy would be to file a collection case on the unpaid promissory notes which were not secured by the REMs.

As to the $4,220.00 telegraphic transfer, the CA ruled that petitioner had no basis for withholding and applying the said amount to respondents' loan account.  Said transaction was separate and distinct from the contract of loan between petitioner and respondents.  Petitioner had no authority to convert the said telegraphic transfer into cash since the participation of respondents was necessary to sign and indorse the disbursement voucher and check.  Moreover, petitioner was not transparent in its actions as it did not inform the respondents of its intention to apply the proceeds of the telegraphic transfer to their loan account and worse, it did not even present an official receipt to prove payment. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 6426, otherwise known as the Foreign Currency Deposit Act, provides that there shall be no restriction on the withdrawability by the depositor of his deposit or the transferability of the same abroad except those arising from contract between the depositor and the bank.[21]

The Petition

Petitioner raised the following grounds in the review of the CA decision:

I. THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT THE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE DATED 18 APRIL 1977 IS VALID ONLY IN PART TO THE EXTENT OF PHP35,000.00 WHICH IS ALLEGEDLY THE AMOUNT PROVED TO HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY RELEASED TO RESPONDENTS OUT OF THE SUM OF PHP86,000.00.

II.  THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DECLARING AS NULL AND VOID THE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE DATED 26 JANUARY 1978 IN THAT NO ACTUAL LOAN PROCEEDS WERE RELEASED IN FAVOR OF THE RESPONDENTS.

III.  THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT PETITIONER HAD NO BASIS IN WITHHOLDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPLYING IN PAYMENT OF RESPONDENTS' OVERDUE ACCOUNT IN THE TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER IN THE AMOUNT OF U.S.$4,220.00.[22]

Petitioner contends that the CA overlooked the specific stipulation in the REMs that the mortgage extends not only to the amounts specified therein but also to loans or credits subsequently granted, which include the packing credits and export advances obtained by the respondents. Moreover, the amounts indicated on the REMs need not exactly be the same amounts that should be released and covered by checks or credit memos, the same being only the maximum sum or "ceiling" which the REM secures, as explained by petitioner's witness, Ms. Blesy Nemeño. Her testimony does not prove that the proceeds of the loans were not released in full, as no credit memos in the specific amounts received by the respondents can be presented.

Petitioner argues that the rulings cited by the CA do not at all support its conclusion that the promissory notes were totally unrelated to the REMs.  In the Acme case, the pronouncement was that the after-incurred obligations must, at the time they are contracted, only be accurately described in a proper instrument as in the case of a promissory note. The confusion was brought by the use in the CA decision of the word "therein" which is not found in the text of the Acme ruling.  Besides, it is way too impossible that future loans can be accurately described, as the CA opined, at the time that a deed of real estate mortgage is executed.  The CA's reliance on the case of Filipinas Marble Corporation, is likewise misplaced as it finds no application under the facts obtaining in the present case. The misappropriation by some individuals of the loan proceeds secured by petitioner was the consideration which compelled this Court to rule that there was failure on the part of DBP to deliver the consideration for which the mortgage was executed. Similarly, the case of Naguiat is inapplicable in that there was evidence that an agent of the creditor withheld from the debtor the checks representing the proceeds of the loan pending delivery of additional collateral.

Finally, petitioner reiterates that it had the right by way of set-off the telegraphic transfer in the sum of $4,220.00 against the unpaid loan account of respondents. Citing Bank of the Philippine Islands v. Court of Appeals,[23] petitioner asserts that they are bound principally as both creditors and debtors of each other,  the debts consisting of a sum of money, both due, liquidated and demandable, and are not claimed by a third person. Hence, the RTC did not err in holding that petitioner validly applied the amount of P30,930.20 (peso equivalent of $4,220.00) to the loan account of the respondents.

Our Ruling

We rule for the petitioner.

The subject REMs contain the following provision:

That, for and in consideration of certain loans, overdrafts and other credit accommodations obtained, from the Mortgagee by the Mortgagor and/or SPS. NORBERTO V. CASTAÑARES & MILAGROS  M. CASTAÑARES and to secure the payment of the same, the principal of all of which is hereby fixed at EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND PESOS ONLY - (P86,000.00) Pesos, Philippine Currency, as well as those that the Mortgagee may hereafter extend to the Mortgagor x x x, including interest and expenses or any other obligation owing to the Mortgagee, whether direct or indirect, principal or secondary, as appears in the accounts, books and records of the Mortgagee  x x x.[24]  (Emphasis supplied.)

The above stipulation is also known as "dragnet clause" or "blanket mortgage clause" in American jurisprudence that would subsume all debts of past and future origins.  It has been held as a valid and legal undertaking, the amounts specified as consideration in the contracts do not limit the amount for which the pledge or mortgage stands as security, if from the four corners of the instrument, the intent to secure future and other indebtedness can be gathered. A pledge or mortgage given to secure future advancements is a continuing security and is not discharged by the repayment of the amount named in the mortgage until the full amount of all advancements shall have been paid.[25]

A "dragnet clause" operates as a convenience and accommodation to the borrowers as it makes available additional funds without their having to execute additional security documents, thereby saving time, travel, loan closing costs, costs of extra legal services, recording fees, et cetera.[26] While a real estate mortgage may exceptionally secure future loans or advancements, these future debts must be sufficiently described in the mortgage contract.  An obligation is not secured by a mortgage unless it comes fairly within the terms of the mortgage contract.[27]

In holding that the REMs were null and void, the CA opined that the full amount of the principal loan stated in the deed should have been released in full, sustaining the position of the respondents that the promissory notes were not secured by the mortgage and unrelated to it. However, a reading of the afore-quoted provision of the REMs shows that its terms are broad enough to cover packing credits and export advances granted by the petitioner to respondents. That the respondents subsequently availed of letters of credit and export advances in various amounts as reflected in the promissory notes, buttressed the claim of petitioner that the amounts of P86,000.00 and P60,000.00 stated in the REMs merely represent the maximum total loans which will be secured by the mortgage.  This must be so as respondents confirmed that the mortgage was constituted for the purpose of obtaining additional capital as dictated by the needs of their export business. Significantly, no complaint was made by the respondents as to the non-release of P86,000.00 and P60,000.00, in full, simultaneous or immediately following the execution of the REMs -- under a single  promissory note each  equivalent to the said sums --  and no demand for the said specific amounts was ever made by the petitioner.  Even the letter-complaint sent by respondents to the Central Bank almost a year after the extrajudicial foreclosure sale mentioned only the questioned entries in their passbook and the $4,220.00 telegraphic transfer. Considering that respondents deemed it a serious "banking malpractice" for petitioner not to release in full the loan amount stated in the REMs, it can only be inferred that respondents themselves understood that the P86,000.00 and P60,000.00 indicated in the REMs was intended merely to fix a ceiling for the loan accommodations which will be secured thereby and not the actual principal loan to be released at one time.  Thus, the RTC did not err in upholding the validity of the REMs and ordering the respondents to pay the deficiency in the foreclosure sale to satisfy the remaining mortgage indebtedness.

The cases relied upon by the CA are all inapplicable to the present controversy.  In Filipinas Marble Corporation, we held that pending the outcome of litigation between DBP which together with Bancom officers were alleged by the petitioner-mortgagor to have misspent and misappropriated the $5 million loan granted by DBP, the provisions of P.D. No. 385 prohibiting injunctions against foreclosures by government financial institutions,  cannot be automatically applied.  Foreclosure of the mortgaged properties for the whole amount of the loan was deemed prejudicial to the petitioner, its employees and their families since the true amount of the loan which was applied for the benefit of the petitioner can be determined only after a trial on the merits.[28]  No such act of misappropriation by corporate officers appointed by the mortgagee is involved in this case.  Besides, the respondents never denied receiving the amounts under the promissory notes which were all covered by the REMs and the very obligations subject of the extrajudicial foreclosure.

As to the ruling in Naguiat, we found therein no compelling reason to disturb the lower courts' finding that the lender did not remit and the borrower did not receive the proceeds of the loan.  Hence, we held the mortgage contract, being just an accessory contract, as null and void for absence of consideration.[29]  In this case, however, respondents admitted they received all the amounts under the promissory notes presented by the petitioner.  The consideration in the execution of the REMs consist of those credit accommodations to fund their export transactions.  Respondents as an afterthought raised issue on the nature of the amounts of principal loan indicated in the REMs long after these obligations have matured and the mortgage foreclosed due to their failure to fully settle their outstanding accounts with petitioner.  Having expressly agreed to the terms of the REMs which are phrased to secure all such loans and advancements to be obtained from petitioner, although the principal amount stated therein were not released at one time and under several, not just one, subsequently issued promissory notes, respondents may not be allowed to complain later that the amounts they received were unrelated to the REMs.

On the issue of the $4,220.00 telegraphic transfer which was applied by the petitioner to the loan account of respondents, we hold that the CA erred in holding that petitioner had no authority to do so by way of compensation or set off.  In this case, the parties stipulated on the manner of such set off in case of non-payment of the amount due under each promissory note.

The subject promissory notes thus provide:

In case of non-payment of this note or any installments thereof at maturity, I/We jointly and severally, agree to pay an additional amount equivalent to two per cent (2%) per annum of the amount due and demandable as penalty and collection charges, in the form of liquidated damages, until fully paid; and the further sum of ten per cent (10%) thereof in full, without any deduction, as and for attorney's fees whether actually incurred or not, exclusive of costs and judicial/extrajudicial expenses; moreover, I/We, jointly and severally, further empower and authorize the TRADERS ROYAL BANK, at its option, and without notice, to set-off or to apply to the payment of this note any and all funds, which may be in its hands on deposit or otherwise belonging to anyone or all of us, and to hold as security therefor any real or personal property, which may be in its possession or control by virtue of any other contract.[30] (Emphasis supplied.)

Agreements for compensation of debts or any obligations when the parties are mutually creditors and debtors are allowed under Art. 1282 of the Civil Code even though not all the legal requisites for legal compensation are present. Voluntary or conventional compensation is not limited to obligations which are not yet due.[31]  The only requirements for conventional compensation are (1) that each of the parties can fully dispose of the credit he seeks to compensate, and (2) that they agree to the extinguishment of their mutual credits.[32]  Consequently, no error was committed by the trial court in holding that petitioner validly applied, by way of compensation, the $4,220.00 telegraphic transfer remitted by respondents' foreign client through the petitioner.

WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED.  The Decision dated January 11, 2006 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 67257 is REVERSED and SET ASIDE. The Joint Decision dated August 26, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 13 in Civil Case Nos. R-22608 and CEB-112 is REINSTATED and UPHELD.

No pronouncement as to costs.

SO ORDERED.

Carpio Morales, (Chairperson), Brion, Bersamin, and Sereno, JJ., concur.

Endnotes:


[1] Rollo, pp. 32-43. Penned by Associate Justice Isaias P. Dicdican and concurred in by Associate Justices Ramon M. Bato, Jr. and Apolinario D. Bruselas, Jr.

[2] Id. at 94-106. Penned by Judge Meinrado P. Paredes.

[3] Index of Exhibit for the Plaintiff (Civil Case No. R-22608), pp. 207, 228-229.

[4] Id. at 210, 213, 216, 219, 222 and 225.

[5] Records, pp. 7-9.

[6] Supra note 3 at 230-233.

[7] Records, pp. 48-50.

[8] Id. at 45-47; supra note 3 at 240.

[9] Id. at 56-63.

[10] Id. at 1-5.

[11] Supra note 2.

[12] Id. at 106.

[13] Id. at 100-102.

[14] Id. at 102-106.

[15] Supra note 1.

[16] Id. at 42.

[17] No. L-68010, May 30, 1986, 142 SCRA 180.

[18] G.R. No. 118375, October 3, 2003, 412 SCRA 591.

[19] G.R. No. 103576, August 22, 1996, 260 SCRA 714.

[20] Rollo, pp. 38-40.

[21] Id. at 41-42.

[22] Id. at 16-17.

[23] G.R. No. 116792, March 29, 1996, 255 SCRA 571.

[24] Supra note 3 at 228.

[25] Republic Planters Bank v. Sarmiento, G.R. No. 170785, October 19, 2007, 537 SCRA 303, 314.

[26] Prudential Bank v. Alviar, G.R. No. 150197, July 28, 2005, 464 SCRA 353, 363, cited in Union Bank of the Philippines v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 164910, September 30, 2005, 471 SCRA 751, 759.

[27] Cuyco v. Cuyco, G.R. No. 168736, April 19, 2006, 487 SCRA 693, 706, citing  Philippine Bank of Communications v. Court of Appeals, 323 Phil. 297, 313 (1996).

[28] Supra note 17 at 185, 189-190.

[29] Supra note 18 at 599.

[30] Index of Exhibit for the Plaintiff (Civil Case No. R-22608), pp. 207, 210, 213, 216, 219, 222 and 225.

[31] Arturo M. Tolentino, COMMENTARIES AND JURISPRUDENCE ON THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Vol. IV, 1991 Ed., p. 373.

[32] See CKH Industrial and Development Corp. v. Court of Appeals, G.R No. 111890, May 7, 1997, 272 SCRA 333, 348, citing  IV Tolentino, Civil Code of the Philippines, 1985 ed., p. 368.



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  • [G.R. No. 191963, December 01 : 2010] RITA NATAL, CHARITO LABATETE, RAMUEL MAGAHIS, FRANCISCA LOGDAT, JOCELYN MACUNAT, LUCENA MITANTE, GUADALUPE M. LLAMAS, NORITA MODIONG, AMELIA PANTOJA, MIRASOL NABIONG, ROMEO LOGDAT, EDUARDO JAQUECA, NATIVIDAD NAGUTOM, EMERENCIANA VILLA, JUANITO MALAGOTNOT, GORGONIO L. LICON, ACELA FORTON, JULIO NATAL, CONSORCIA LAZO, LUCENIO MATAYA, ELISA LOGDAT, HELEN LIVELO, ISIDRA LEYNES, VICENTE LAURESTA, LEONOR NUNEZ, CONCEPCION MALAGOTNOT, JUANA LUSTRE, PERLITO NAGUTOM, JULIA NALANGIS, RUSTICO LEYNES, FERNANDITO MAGUTOM, NARCISO RICOHERMOSO, DAISY MIRANDA, MARIA MIRONES, PERPETUA MIRANDA, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. MANUELITO O. CABALLES, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT- DECEMBER 1, 2010 BRANCH 38, BOAC, MARINDUQUE, PUBLIC RESPONDENT, MARCOPPER MINING CORP., PRIVATE RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 173138, December 01 : 2010] NOEL B. BACCAY, PETITIONER, VS. MARIBEL C. BACCAY AND REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 154486, December 01 : 2010] FEDERICO JARANTILLA, JR., PETITIONER, VS. ANTONIETA JARANTILLA, BUENAVENTURA REMOTIGUE, SUBSTITUTED BY CYNTHIA REMOTIGUE, DOROTEO JARANTILLA AND TOMAS JARANTILLA, RESPONDENTS.

  • [A.M. No. P-09-2714 [Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 08-2707-P], December 06 : 2010] FERNANDO P. CHAN, COMPLAINANT, VS. JOVEN T. OLEGARIO, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 179044, December 06 : 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. RODRIGUEZ LUCERO Y PAW-AS ALIAS "KIKIT," APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 189311, December 06 : 2010] DENNIS R. MANZANAL AND BAGUIO COUNTRY CLUB CORPORATION, PETITIONERS, VS. RAMON K. ILUSORIO, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 162943, December 06 : 2010] EMPLOYEES UNION OF BAYER PHILS., FFW AND JUANITO S. FACUNDO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT, PETITIONERS, VS. BAYER PHILIPPINES, INC., DIETER J. LONISHEN (PRESIDENT), ASUNCION AMISTOSO (HRD MANAGER), AVELINA REMIGIO AND ANASTACIA VILLAREAL, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 172020, December 06 : 2010] TRADERS ROYAL BANK, PETITIONER, VS. NORBERTO CASTAÑARES AND MILAGROS CASTAÑARES, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 188484, December 06 : 2010] SALUD GEPIGA VDA. DE SOCO, GENARO G. SOCO, ELENO G. SOCO, FRANCISCO G. SOCO, TRINIDAD S. MENDEZ, FLORA S. HONRADA, ANITA S. ILUSTRISIMO, JULITA S. JAVIER, AND PATRICIO G. SOCO, PETITIONERS, VS. FERMINA SOCO VDA. DE BARBON, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 171624, December 06 : 2010] BF HOMES, INC. AND THE PHILIPPINE WATERWORKS AND CONSTRUCTION CORP., PETITIONERS, VS. MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 183709, December 06 : 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. MANUEL "AWIL" POJO, APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 191998, December 07 : 2010] WALDEN F. BELLO AND LORETTA ANN P. ROSALES, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 192769] LIZA L. MAZA AND SATURNINO C. OCAMPO, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND JUAN MIGUEL "MIKEY" ARROYO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 192832] BAYAN MUNA PARTY-LIST, REPRESENTED BY TEODORO CASINO, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND JUAN MIGUEL "MIKEY" ARROYO OF ANG GALING PINOY PARTY-LIST, RESPONDENTS.

  • [A.M. No. P-09-2638 (Formerly A.M. No. 09-4-68-MTC), December 07 : 2010] OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. JULIET C. BANAG, CLERK OF COURT AND MS. EVELYN R. GALVEZ, INTERPRETER AND FORMER OFFICER-IN-CHARGE CLERK OF COURT, BOTH OF THE MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, PLARIDEL, BULACAN, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 178652, December 08 : 2010] SPOUSES REVELO VILLAMAR AND CORAZON PENULIAR- VILLAMAR, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • [A. M. No. P-10-2825 : December 07, 2010] DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY ATTY. BENILDA A. TEJADA, PETITIONER, VS. CLERK OF COURT VI LUNINGNING Y. CENTRON AND SHERIFF IV ALEJANDRO L. TOBILLO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 39, CALAPAN CITY, ORIENTAL MINDORO, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 168325 : December 08, 2010] ROBERTO D. TUAZON, PETITIONER, VS. LOURDES Q. DEL ROSARIO-SUAREZ, CATALINA R. SUAREZ-DE LEON, WILFREDO DE LEON, MIGUEL LUIS S. DE LEON, ROMMEL LEE S. DE LEON, AND GUILLERMA L. SANDICO-SILVA, AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT OF THE DEFENDANTS, EXCEPT LOURDES Q. DEL ROSARIO-SUAREZ, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 183824 : December 08, 2010] MYRNA P. ANTONE, PETITIONER, VS. LEO R. BERONILLA, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 174006 : December 08, 2010] BANK OF COMMERCE AND STEPHEN Z. TAALA, PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES ANDRES AND ELIZA FLORES, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 185371 : December 08, 2010] COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. METRO STAR SUPERAMA, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 179948 : December 08, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. EMINIANO BARCELA Y MEDINA, APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 188855 : December 08, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RUEL TAMANO Y PASIA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 188855 : December 08, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RUEL TAMANO Y PASIA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 178774 : December 08, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. MARLYN P. BACOS, APPELLANT.

  • [A.M. No. RTJ-06-1999 (FORMERLY OCA IPI NO. 03-1903-RTJ) : December 08, 2010] BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS, COMPLAINANT, VS. EXECUTIVE JUDGE ENRICO A. LANZANAS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 7, MANILA, CLERK OF COURT JENNIFER DELA CRUZ-BUENDIA AND DEPUTY SHERIFF CARMELO V. CACHERO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, MANILA, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 170729 : December 08, 2010] ENRIQUE AGRAVIADOR Y ALUNAN, PETITIONER, VS. ERLINDA AMPARO-AGRAVIADOR AND REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 168840 : December 08, 2010] ENRIQUE MIGUEL L. LACSON, PETITIONER, VS. MJ LACSON DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 190231 : December 08, 2010] ASIA UNITED BANK AND ABRAHAM CO, PETITIONERS, VS. GOODLAND COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • [A.M. No. RTJ-10-2253 (FORMERLY A.M. OCA IPI NO. 02-1557-RTJ) : December 08, 2010] ATTY. PERSEVERANDA L. RICON, CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 39, MANILA, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE PLACIDO C. MARQUEZ, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 40, MANILA, RESPONDENT. [A.M. NO. P-06-2138 (FORMERLY A.M. OCA IPI NO. 05-2208-P)] JUDGE PLACIDO C. MARQUEZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. PERSEVERANDA L. RICON, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 172316 : December 08, 2010] SPOUSES JOSE CHUA AND MARGARITA CHUA, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE PEDRO GUTIERREZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH 119, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, PASAY CITY, PEDRO A. ABADILLA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SHERIFF IV OF BRANCH 119, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, PASAY CITY, AND TAN TEK SING, A.K.A. PETER TAN, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 189366 : December 08, 2010] PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. EUSEBIO M. HONRADO, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 172139 : December 08, 2010] JOCELYN M. TOLEDO, PETITIONER, VS. MARILOU M. HYDEN, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 186027 : December 08, 2010] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. MERLYN MERCADERA THROUGH HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, EVELYN M. OGA, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 169718 : December 13, 2010] DANTE HERNANDEZ DATU, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. Nos. 163293 & 163297 : December 13, 2010] EQUITABLE PCI BANK (NOW BANCO DE ORO UNIBANK, INC.), PETITIONER, VS. CASTOR A. DOMPOR, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 192187 : December 13, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALEX LINGASA, JORGE BI-AY, AND "JOHN DOE," ACCUSED, ELISEO BI-AY, JR. Y SARINTAS ALIAS "GIDEON," ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 191366 : December 13, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ARNOLD MARTINEZ Y ANGELES, EDGAR DIZON Y FERRER, REZIN MARTINEZ Y CAROLINO, AND RAFAEL GONZALES Y CUNANAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

  • [G.R. No. 164695 : December 13, 2010] HEIRS OF JOSE BARREDO, NAMELY, LOLITA BARREDO, ANNALIZA BARREDO AND MARICHU BARREDO-EPE, REPRESENTED BY MARICHU BARREDO-EPE, PETITIONERS, VS. LAVOISER BESAÑES, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 168692 : December 13, 2010] FRANCISCO TAYCO, SUBSTITUTED BY LUCRESIA TAYCO AND NOEL TAYCO, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF CONCEPCION TAYCO-FLORES, NAMELY: LUCELI F. DIAZ, RONELE F. BESA, MONELE FLORES, PERLA FLORES, RUPERTO FLORES, WENCESLAO FLORES, PURISIMA FLORES, AND FELIPE FLORES, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. Nos. 170542-43 : December 13, 2010] ANTONIO A. ABOC, PETITIONER, VS. METROPOLITAN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 176460] METROPOLITAN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. ANTONIO A. ABOC, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 177779 : December 14, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. FELIPE NACHOR Y OMAYAN, APPELLANT.

  • [A. M. No. P-10-2833 : December 14, 2010] RETIRED EMPLOYEE, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, SIBONGA, CEBU, COMPLAINANT, VS. MERLYN G. MANUBAG, CLERK OF COURT II, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, SIBONGA, CEBU, RESPONDENT.

  • [A.M. No. 09-5-2-SC : December 14, 2010] IN THE MATTER OF THE BREWING CONTROVERSIES IN THE ELECTION IN THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES, [A.C. NO. 8292] ATTYS. MARCIAL M. MAGSINO, MANUEL M. MARAMBA AND NASSER MAROHOMSALIC, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTYS. ROGELIO A. VINLUAN, ABELARDO C. ESTRADA, BONIFACIO T. BARANDON, JR., EVERGISTO S. ESCALON AND RAYMUND JORGE A. MERCADO, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 149548 : December 14, 2010] ROXAS & COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. DAMBA-NFSW AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 167505] DAMAYAN NG MGA MANGGAGAWANG BUKID SA ASYENDA ROXAS-NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SUGAR WORKERS (DAMBA-NFSW), PETITIONER, VS. SECRETARY OF THE DEPT. OF AGRARIAN REFORM, ROXAS & CO., INC. AND/OR ATTY. MARIANO AMPIL, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 167540] KATIPUNAN NG MGA MAGBUBUKID SA HACIENDA ROXAS, INC. (KAMAHARI), ET AL., PETITIONERS, VS. SECRETARY OF THE DEPT. OF AGRARIAN REFORM, ROXAS & CO., INC., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 167543] DEPARTMENT OF LAND REFORM, FORMERLY DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DAR), PETITIONER, VS.ROXAS & CO, INC., RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 167845] VS. ROXAS & CO., INC., PETITIONER, VS. DAMBA-NFSW, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 169163] DAMBA-NFSW REPRESENTED BY LAURO V. MARTIN, PETITIONER, VS. ROXAS & CO., INC., RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 179650] DAMBA-NFSW, PETITIONER, VS. ROXAS & CO., INC., RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 178030 : December 15, 2010] PHILIPPINE FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (PFDA), PETITIONER, VS. CENTRAL BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS, LOCAL BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS OF LUCENA CITY, CITY OF LUCENA, LUCENA CITY ASSESSOR AND LUCENA CITY TREASURER, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 189841 : December 15, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. EFREN DITONA Y MONTEFALCON, BERNARD FERNANDEZ AND ERNESTO EMNAS, ACCUSED. EFREN DITONA Y MONTEFALCON, APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 188560 : December 15, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RICKY ALFREDO Y NORMAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 188901 : December 15, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. GILBERT CASTRO Y AGUILAR, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 189776 : December 15, 2010] AMELIA P. ARELLANO, REPRESENTED BY HER DULY APPOINTED GUARDIANS, AGNES P. ARELLANO AND NONA P. ARELLANO, PETITIONER, VS. FRANCISCO PASCUAL AND MIGUEL PASCUAL, RESPONDENTS.BR

  • [G.R. No. 149433 : December 15, 2010] THE COCA-COLA EXPORT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. CLARITA P. GACAYAN, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 182147 : December 15, 2010] ARNEL U. TY, MARIE ANTONETTE TY, JASON ONG, WILLY DY, AND ALVIN TY, PETITIONERS, VS. NBI SUPERVISING AGENT MARVIN E. DE JEMIL, PETRON GASUL DEALERS ASSOCIATION, AND TOTALGAZ DEALERS ASSOCIATION, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 177355 : December 15, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MONTANO FLORES Y PARAS, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 152086 : December 15, 2010] FEDERICO SORIANO, CIPRIANO BAUTISTA, JOSE TORALBA, CILODONIO TANTAY, MARIANO BRAVO, ROLANDO TORALBA, FAUSTINO BRAVO, CRISTINA TORALBA, BENJAMIN LACAYANGA, ROSALIA TANTAY, GABRIEL DELA VEGA, ROGELIO BRAVO, AND ROMEO TANTAY, REPRESENTED BY THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, TEODORICO GAMBA, PETITIONERS, VS. ANA SHARI B. BRAVO, REBECCA BENITO, JOHN MEJIA, MILA BRAVO, BENITO BRAVO, ERNESTO BRAVO, JOSE ISRAEL BRAVO, JUANA BRAVO, DARAB CENTRAL, AND THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, FORMER FIFTH DIVISION, RESPONDENTS.

  • [A.M. No. RTJ-06-2015 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 05-2348-RTJ) : December 15, 2010] ATTY. NORLINDA R. AMANTE-DESCALLAR, PETITIONER, VS. HON. REINERIO (ABRAHAM) B. RAMAS, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 162575 : December 15, 2010] BEATRIZ SIOK PING TANG, PETITIONER, VS. SUBIC BAY DISTRIBUTION, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 172841 : December 15, 2010] RENATO REYES, REPRESENTED BY RAMON REYES, PETITIONER, VS. LEOPOLDO BARRIOS, SUBSTITUTED BY LUCIA MANALUS-BARRIOS, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 179395 : December 15, 2010] MAXWELL HEAVY EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. ERIC UYCHIAOCO YU, RESPONDENT.

  • [A.M. No. P-07-2383 : December 15, 2010] CRISPIN SARMIENTO, COMPLAINANT, VS. LUISITO P. MENDIOLA, SHERIFF III, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 20, MANILA, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 167363 : December 15, 2010] SEALOADER SHIPPING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. GRAND CEMENT MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, JOYCE LAUNCH & TUG CO., INC., ROMULO DIANTAN & JOHNNY PONCE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 177466] TAIHEIYO CEMENT PHILIPPINES, INC. (FORMERLY GRAND CEMENT MANUFACTURING CORPORATION), PETITIONER, VS. SEALOADER SHIPPING CORPORATION, JOYCE LAUNCH & TUG CO., INC., ROMULO DIANTAN & JOHNNY PONCE, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 149261 : December 15, 2010] AZUCENA B. CORPUZ, PETITIONER, VS. ROMAN G. DEL ROSARIO, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 174833 : December 15, 2010] MYRNA P. MAGANA, PETITIONER, VS. MEDICARD PHILIPPINES, INC., AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 182229 : December 15, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. JUN-JUN ASUELA, APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 165266 : December 15, 2010] AIR FRANCE, PETITIONER, VS. BONIFACIO H. GILLEGO, SUBSTITUTED BY HIS SURVIVING HEIRS REPRESENTED BY DOLORES P. GILLEGO, RESPONDENT.

  • [A.M. No. P-10-2753 [FORMERLY A.M. OCA IPI NO. 09-3088-P] : December 15, 2010] DONNABELLE D. RUBEN, COMPLAINANT, VS. RAMIL L. ABON, UTILITY WORKER I, RESPONDENT,

  • [G.R. No. 157852 : December 15, 2010] HEIRS OF DOMINGO VALIENTES, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. REINERIO (ABRAHAM) B. RAMAS, ACTING PRESIDING JUDGE, RTC, BRANCH 29, 9TH JUDICIAL REGION, SAN MIGUEL, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR AND VILMA V. MINOR, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 173326 : December 15, 2010] SOUTH COTABATO COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND GAUVAIN J. BENZONAN, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. PATRICIA A. STO. TOMAS, SECRETARY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, ROLANDO FABRIGAR, MERLYN VELARDE, VINCE LAMBOC, FELIPE GALINDO, LEONARDO MIGUEL, JULIUS RUBIN, EDEL RODEROS, MERLYN COLIAO AND EDGAR JOPSON, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 173081 : December 15, 2010] ERNESTO MARCELO, JR. AND LAURO LLAMES, PETITIONERS, VS. RAFAEL R. VILLORDON, ASSISTANT CITY PROSECUTOR OF QUEZON CITY, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 180979 : December 15, 2010] NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. TERESITA DIATO-BERNAL, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 182645 : December 15, 2010] IN THE MATTER OF THE HEIRSHIP (INTESTATE ESTATES) OF THE LATE HERMOGENES RODRIGUEZ, ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ, MACARIO J. RODRIGUEZ, DELFIN RODRIGUEZ, AND CONSUELO M. RODRIGUEZ AND SETTLEMENT OF THEIR ESTATES, RENE B. PASCUAL, PETITIONER, VS. JAIME M. ROBLES, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 173798 : December 15, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RENE CELOCELO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 171717 : December 15, 2010] RAMON B. BRITO, SR., PETITIONER, VS. SEVERINO D. DIANALA, VIOLETA DIANALA SALES, JOVITA DIANALA DEQUINTO, ROSITA DIANALA, CONCHITA DIANALA AND JOEL DEQUINTO, RESPONDENTS.BR>

  • [A.C. No. 7907 : December 15, 2010] SPOUSES VIRGILIO AND ANGELINA ARANDA, PETITIONERS, VS. ATTY. EMMANUEL F. ELAYDA, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 184177 : December 15, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANDRES C. FONTILLAS ALIAS "ANDING," ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 188637 : December 15, 2010] ARNALDO G. GABUNAS, SR., PETITIONER, VS. SCANMAR MARITIME SERVICES INC., MR. VICENTE BRILLANTES AND IUM SHIP MANAGEMENT, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. Nos. 169965-66 : December 15, 2010] CARLOS V. VALENZUELA, PETITIONER, VS. CALTEX PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. Nos. 169965-66 : December 15, 2010] CARLOS V. VALENZUELA, PETITIONER, VS. CALTEX PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 174570 : December 15, 2010] ROMER SY TAN, PETITIONER, VS. SY TIONG GUE, FELICIDAD CHAN SY, SY CHIM, SY TIONG SAN, SY YU BUN, SY YU SHIONG, SY YU SAN, AND BRYAN SY LIM, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 182367 : December 15, 2010] CHERRYL B. DOLINA, PETITIONER, VS. GLENN D. VALLECERA, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 189301 : December 15, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOSE PEPITO D. COMBATE A.K.A. "PEPING," ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 186091 : December 15, 2010] EMMANUEL BABAS, DANILO T. BANAG, ARTURO V. VILLARIN, SR., EDWIN JAVIER, SANDI BERMEO, REX ALLESA, MAXIMO SORIANO, JR., ARSENIO ESTORQUE, AND FELIXBERTO ANAJAO, PETITIONERS, VS. LORENZO SHIPPING CORPORATION, RESPONDENT

  • [G.R. No. 152423 : December 15, 2010] SPOUSES MARCOS R. ESMAQUEL AND VICTORIA SORDEVILLA, PETITIONERS, VS. MARIA COPRADA, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 174251 : December 15, 2010] RAUL PALOMATA, PETITIONER, VS. NESTOR COLMENARES AND TERESA GURREA, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 175595 : July 28, 2010] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. TEDDY MAGAYON, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.