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Philippine American Life Insurance Company vs CA and Eliza Pulido

PHILIPPINE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and ELIZA PULIDO, respondents.

G.R. No. 126223 | 2000-11-15

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari seeks to reverse the Decision of the Special Second Division of the Court of Appeals dated August 27, 1996,[1] which affirmed in toto the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Baguio City,[2] allowing herein private respondent, the beneficiary under a life insurance policy issued by petitioner, to recover the face amount of the said policy.

Briefly, the antecedent facts are:

On January 9, 1989, petitioner received from one Florence Pulido an application for life insurance, dated December 16, 1988, in the amount of P100,000.00 which designated her sister, herein...