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Belen Gregorio, etal. Vs. Zosimo Z. Angeles, etal.

SPOUSES BELEN GREGORIO, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE JUDGE ZOSIMO Z. ANGELES, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Makati, Branch 58, SPOUSES SYLVIA AND RAMON CARRION, and THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF OF MAKATI, respondents.

G.R. No. 85847 | 1989-12-21

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

The only issue here is whether or not the failure of the complaint to specify the sum of exemplary damages allegedly suffered (among other damages sustained) warrants its dismissal ostensibly in consonance with the Court's ruling in Manchester Development Corporation v. Court of Appeals. 1 The Court rules, insofar as the litigation is concerned, that it does not.

The facts, in their barest essentials, are not disputed.

On October 16, 1987, the petitioners sued the private respondents for a sum of money arising from a loan. The complaint, docketed as Civil Case No. 18058 of the Regional Trial Court,...