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William Borthwick vs. Floreliana Castro-Bartolome

WILLIAM B. BORTHWICK, petitioner, vs. HON. FLORELIANA CASTRO-BARTOLOME, Presiding Judge, Br. XV, Makati, of the Court of First Instance of Rizal; JOSEPH E. SCALLON, and JEWELL C. SCALLON, respondents.

G.R. No. L-57338 | 1987-07-23

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

By action commenced in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaii, U.S.A., 1 Joseph E. Scallon sought to compel payment by William B. Borthwick on four (4) promissory notes 2 in the amounts of $32,408.95, $29,584.94, $2,832.59 and $40,000.00, plus stipulated interest. Scallon's complaint alleged, inter alia that Borthwick, an American citizen living in the Philippines, owned real property interests in Hawaii where he last resided and transacted business therein; that business dealings which transpired in Honolulu, Hawaii had given rise to the promissory notes sued upon, and Borthwick had failed...