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Jose Tan Kapoe, et al. Vs. Silvestre Masa, et al.

SPOUSES JOSE TAN KAPOE and CONCEPCION NGO KAN, petitioners, vs. SILVESTRE MASA, ENRIQUE MASA, JESUS MASA, FRANCISCO MASA, ROGELIO MASA, AURELIA HERNANDEZ, ANGEL MALUNAY, PRESCILA HERNANDEZ, SIMPLICIA HERNANDEZ, Minors ENRICO MASA and BRIGIDO MASA, and the HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-50473 | 1985-01-21

R E S O L U T I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

A Petition for Review seeking the reversal of the Decision of respondent Court of Appeals, which affirmed the Decision of the Court of First Instance of Laguna, Branch I, awarding moral and exemplary damages as well as attorneys' fees and costs of suit to private respondents on the ground of malicious prosecution by petitioners.

Respondent Silvestre MASA is petitioners' tenant of a parcel of land located at Bo. Dila, Bay Laguna. The other respondents are his co-workers except for minors Enrico Masa and Brigido Masa, who represent their deceased father Felipe Masa.

Silvestre MASA, who had been...