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Pilipinas Bank vs CA & Ricardo Silverio

PILIPINAS BANK, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and RICARDO C. SILVERIO SR., respondents.

G.R. No. 117079 | 2000-02-22

D E C I S I O N

PURISIMA, J.:

This is a petition for review under Rule 45 of the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 33704 which affirmed the decision of Branch 65 of the Regional Trial Court of Makati dismissing the collection case instituted by Pilipinas Bank (petitioner) against one of its stockholders on the ground of lack of jurisdiction.

From the records on hand, the antecedent facts can be gleaned as follows:

On June 19, 1991, Pilipinas Bank (petitioner) filed a Complaint For Sum of Money against private respondent Ricardo C. Silverio, Sr. (Silverio), docketed as Civil Case No. 91-1718 entitled "Pilipinas Bank vs....