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PNB vs. CA, et al., 158 SCRA 201

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS AND B.P. MATA AND CO., INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 97995 | 1993-01-21

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

ROMERO, J: 

Rarely is this Court confronted with a case calling for the delineation in broad strokes of the distinctions between such closely allied concepts as the quasi-contract called "solutio indebiti" under the venerable Spanish Civil Code and the species of implied trust denominated "constructive trusts," commonly regarded as of Anglo-American origin. Such a case is the one presented to us now which has highlighted more of the affinity and less of the dissimilarity between the two concepts as to lead the legal scholar into the error of interchanging the two. Presented below are the factual...