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Pacita F. Reformina, et al. Vs. Tomol, Jr., et al.

PACITA F. REFORMINA and HEIRS OF FRANCISCO REFORMINA, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE VALERIANO P. TOMOL, JR., as Judge of the Court of First Instance, Branch XI, CEBU CITY, SHELL REFINING COMPANY (PHILS.), INC., and MICHAEL, INCORPORATED, respondents.

G.R. No. L-59096 | 1985-10-11

D E C I S I O N


CUEVAS, J.:

How much, by way of legal interest, should a judgment debtor pay the judgment creditor - is the issue raised by the REFORMINAS (herein petitioners) in this Petition for Review on Certiorari of the Resolution of the Hon. respondent Judge Valeriano P. Tomol, Jr. of the then Court of First Instance of Cebu - Branch XI, issued in Civil Case No. R-11279, an action for Recovery of Damages for Injury to Person and Loss of Property.

The dispositive portion of the assailed Resolution reads as follows -

"In light (sic) of the foregoing, the considered view here that by legal interest is meant six (6%) percent as...