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Danilo Yap vs CA, Alejandro Dy Juanco, et al

DANILO S. YAP, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, ALEJANDRO DY JUANCO, UNIVERSAL MILL SUPPLY CO. INC. AND BEE QUEEN RESTAURANT, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 140249 | 2001-03-06

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

PETITIONER MARTINEZ LEYBA, INC. (MLI) in G.R. No. 140363 owns a two-storey commercial building in 727-729 Evangelista St., Quiapo, Manila. In 1960 MLI leased the building to private respondent Alejandro Dy Juanco, as owner of Universal Mill Supply, a single proprietorship. Rentals were subsequently paid on a monthly basis but no lease contract between lessor and lessee was reduced to writing. On 11 June 1969 Universal Mill Supply was incorporated and became the now respondent Universal Mill Supply Co. Inc. in both G.R. Nos. 140249 and 140363, with Alejandro Dy Juanco owning the majority of the stocks in...