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Niceta Miranda-Ribaya, et al. vs. Marino Bautista, et al.

NICETA MIRANDA-RIBAYA and LUIS CARBONELL RIBAYA, petitioners, vs. MARINO BAUTISTA, ENCARNACION BAUTISTA and the COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-49390 | 1980-01-28

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J.:

The Court modifies the decisions of the trial court and of the Court of Appeals insofar as they denied petitioner's claim for damages and awards to petitioners moral and exemplary damages in the amount of 25% of the principal sum adjudged in their favor for the mental anguish and suffering undergone by them as a result of the defraudation wantonly, oppressively and malevolently committed by private respondents and by way of example and correction for the public good.

In the decision of the Court of Appeals, 1 the facts of the case as lifted from the decision of the Court of First Instance are stated, as...