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Fermin Ong vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

FERMIN ONG, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and MARIANO ONG, respondents.

G.R. No. 75819 | 1989-09-08

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The basic issue in this case is the amount of the indebtedness due from the petitioner Fermin Ong to private respondent Mariano Ong, his cousin. Fermin says it is only P120,000.00 and was sustained by the trial court. 1 Mariano says it is P160,000.00 and was upheld by the respondent court. 2 The petition prays that the decision of the respondent court be reversed and that of the trial court reinstated.

According to the petitioner, he borrowed from the private respondent the amount of only P160,000.00 and secured its payment with three post-dated checks totaling the same amount. These were: Check No. 870585...