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Luis Panaguiton, Jr. Vs. Dept. of Justice, Ramon C. Tongson & Rodrigo G. Cawili

LUIS PANAGUITON, JR., Petitioner, versus DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, RAMON C. TONGSON and RODRIGO G. CAWILI, Respondents.

G.R. No. 167571 | 2008-11-25

D E C I S I O N


Tinga, J.:

This is a Petition for Review[1] of the resolutions of the Court of Appeals dated 29 October 2004 and 21 March 2005 in CA G.R. SP No. 87119, which dismissed Luis Panaguiton, Jr.'s (petitioner's) petition for certiorari and his subsequent motion for reconsideration.[2]

The facts, as culled from the records, follow.

In 1992, Rodrigo Cawili (Cawili) borrowed various sums of money amounting to P1,979,459.00 from petitioner. On 8 January 1993, Cawili and his business associate, Ramon C. Tongson (Tongson), jointly issued in favor of petitioner three (3) checks in payment of the said loans. Significantly, all three...