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Dans Jr. vs. People [DECISION]

JOSE P. DANS, JR., PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 126995. JANUARY 29, 1998] IMELDA R. MARCOS, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN (FIRST DIVISION), AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 127073 | 1998-01-29

D E C I S I O N
 
ROMERO, J.:
 
A man’s signature, even if merely a flourish or even if indecipherable, may signify authority, agreement, acknowledgment and ownership. As indelible as his fingerprints, dental records or DNA genetic map, it denotes trust and honor. But the same trust and honor may be tainted by polluted intentions, as when signing is done in bad faith, or to perpetrate a fraud, to deceive others, or to commit a crime. The petitions at bar will illustrate how one’s John Hancock can bring a man, or a woman for that matter, to ruin.

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