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Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company, et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

METROPOLITAN BANK and TRUST COMPANY, RICARDO GELLA and TEOFILO FIESTA, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS and ANTONIO LAI?O, Respondents

G.R. No. 154685 | 2006-11-27

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: 
 
By Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank), its Asst. Vice President Ricardo Gella, and Manager Teofilo Fiesta (Fiesta) assail the March 13, 2002 Decision[1] and August 12, 2002 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 39343[3] holding them liable for damages in favor of Antonio Laiño (Laiño). 
 
Below are the material facts. 
 
Thirty-years back, Fiesta filed with City Fiscal Raymundo Ponteras (Fiscal Ponteras) a Letter-Complaint[4]...