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Phil. Commercial & Industrial Bank vs. Philnabank Employee's Assoc., et al.

PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL BANK, plaintiff-appellant, vs. PHILNABANK EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION, ROMEO G. ROY, DALUYONG GABRIEL, BAYANI A. BAUTISTA, DOMINGO VILLANUEVA, ALEJANDRO RICARDO, JESUS MANAHAN, MANUEL JACINTO, ERNESTO BATAC, LEONIDO CASPE, PATRICIA GRANADOS, and PANTALEON BERNARDO, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-29630 | 1981-07-02

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

There is a unique aspect to this action for libel against the Philippine National Bank Employees' Association. 1 It was filed by plaintiff Philippine Commercial and Industrial Bank as a result of placards and signboards along the Philippine National Bank building in Escolta, Manila, containing the following: "PCIB BAD ACCOUNTS TRANSFERRED TO PNB-NIDC?" Plaintiff considered the above "defamatory and libelous per se" for "at the very least [it] amounts to an 'act . . . tending to cause dishonor, discredit, or contempt of a . . . juridical person.'" 2 The allegation of its being libelous was denied by...