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Asiavest Limited vs. Court of Appeals

ASIAVEST LIMITED, PETITIONER, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS AND ANTONIO HERAS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 128803 | 1998-09-25

 
D E C I S I O N
 
DAVIDE, JR., J.:
 
In issue is the enforceability in the Philippines of a foreign judgment. The antecedents are summarized in the 24 August 1990 Decision[1] of Branch 107 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City in Civil Case No. Q-52452; thus:
 
The plaintiff Asiavest Limited filed a complaint on December 3, 1987 against the defendant Antonio Heras praying that said defendant be ordered to pay to the plaintiff the amounts awarded by the Hong Kong Court Judgment dated December 28, 1984 and amended on April 13, 1987, to wit:
 
1) US$1,810,265.40 or its equivalent in Hong Kong currency at the time...