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Korea Exchange Bank vs. Hon. Rogelio C. Gonzales, et al

KOREA EXCHANGE BANK, Petitioner, versus HON. ROGELIO C. GONZALES, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of Branch 50 of the Regional Trial Court of Pampanga, PHI-HAN DEVELOPMENT, INC., LOURDES DE MESA MENDOZA, MENELEO MENDOZA, ANTUSA DE MESA MAGNO, FRANCISCO MAGNO, TEODORO DE MESA, FIRMO DE MESA and MERCEDES DE MESA, Respondents.

G.R. Nos. 142286-87 | 2005-04-15

D E C I S I O N 


CALLEJO, SR., J.: 

For review in these consolidated petitions is the Joint Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP Nos. 46194 and 46436, as well as its Order[2] dated February 28, 2000 denying the motion for reconsideration thereof. 

The Antecedents 

The Phi-Han Development, Inc. (PHDI) is a domestic corporation organized primarily for the purpose of engaging in the real estate business.[3] Teodoro de Mesa and his siblings, namely, Antusa de Mesa Magno and Lourdes de Mesa Mendoza, were among its original incorporators and members of its board of directors. Jae Il Aum, a Korean national, was...