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ASJ Corporation, et al. Vs. Sps. Efren & Maura Evangelista

ASJ CORPORATION and ANTONIO SAN JUAN, Petitioners, versus SPS. EFREN & MAURA EVANGELISTA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 158086 | 2008-02-14

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

For review on certiorari is the Decision[1] dated April 30, 2003 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 56082, which had affirmed the Decision[2] dated July 8, 1996 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 9 in Civil Case No. 745-M-93. The Court of Appeals, after applying the doctrine of piercing the veil of corporate fiction, held petitioners ASJ Corporation (ASJ Corp.) and Antonio San Juan solidarily liable to respondents Efren and Maura Evangelista for the unjustified retention of the chicks and egg by-products covered by Setting Report Nos. 108 to 113.[3]

The pertinent facts, as...