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Heirs of Simon vs. Chan

HEIRS OF EDUARDO SIMON, Petitioners, vs. ELVIN CHAN AND THE COURT OF APPEALS, Respondent.

G.R. No. 157547 | 2011-02-23

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
There is no independent civil action to recover the civil liability arising from the issuance of an unfunded check prohibited and punished under Batas Pambansa Bilang 22 (BP 22).
 
Antecedents
 
On July 11, 1997, the Office of the City Prosecutor of Manila filed in the Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila (MeTC) an information charging the late Eduardo Simon (Simon) with a violation of BP 22, docketed as Criminal Case No. 275381 entitled People v. Eduardo Simon. The accusatory portion reads:
 
That sometime in December...