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Bienvenido Medrano And Ibaan Rural Bank vs. CA, Pacita Borbon, Josefina Antonio and Estela Flor

BIENVENIDO R. MEDRANO and IBAAN RURAL BANK, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS, PACITA G. BORBON, JOSEFINA E. ANTONIO and ESTELA A. FLOR, Respondents.

G.R. No. 150678 | 2005-02-18



SECOND DIVISION
DECISION

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is a petition for review of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming in toto the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City, Branch 135, in Civil Case No. 15664 which awarded to the respondents their 5% broker’s commission.

The facts are as follows:

Bienvenido R. Medrano was the Vice-Chairman of Ibaan Rural Bank, a bank owned by the Medrano family.  In 1986, Mr. Medrano asked Mrs. Estela Flor, a cousin-in-law, to look for a buyer of a foreclosed asset of the bank,[3] a 17-hectare mango plantation priced at P2,200,000.00, located in Ibaan, Batangas.[4]

Mr....