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Swagman Hotels and Travel, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

SWAGMAN HOTELS AND TRAVEL, INC., Petitioner, versus HON. COURT OF APPEALS, and NEAL B. CHRISTIAN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 161135 | 2005-04-08

D E C I S I O N
 
DAVIDE, C.J.:
 
  May a complaint that lacks a cause of action at the time it was filed be cured by the accrual of a cause of action during the pendency of the case? This is the basic issue raised in this petition for the Court's consideration. 
 
  Sometime in 1996 and 1997, petitioner Swagman Hotels and Travel, Inc., through Atty. Leonor L. Infante and Rodney David Hegerty, its president and vice-president, respectively, obtained from private respondent Neal B. Christian loans evidenced by three promissory notes dated 7 August 1996, 14 March 1997, and 14 July 1997. Each of the promissory...