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Radiowealth Finance Co. vs Spouses Del Rosario 335 SCRA 288

RADIOWEALTH FINANCE COMPANY, petitioner, vs. Spouses VICENTE and MA. SUMILANG DEL ROSARIO, respondents.

G.R. No. 138739 | 2000-07-06

D E C I S I O N
 
PANGANIBAN, J.:

When a demurrer to evidence granted by a trial court is reversed on appeal, the reviewing court cannot remand the case for further proceedings. Rather, it should render judgment on the basis of the evidence proffered by the plaintiff. Inasmuch as defendants in the present case admitted the due execution of the Promissory Note both in their Answer and during the pretrial, the appellate court should have rendered judgment on the bases of that Note and on the other pieces of evidence adduced during the trial.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari of the December 9, 1997 Decision[1] and the...