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ALI vs. ASBRC

AYALA LAND, INC., PETITIONER, VS. ASB REALTY CORPORATION AND E.M. RAMOS & SONS, INC., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 210043 | 2018-09-26

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
[U]nder the doctrine of apparent authority, the question in every case is whether the principal has by his [/her] voluntary act placed the agent in such a situation that a person of ordinary prudence, conversant with business usages and the nature of the particular business, is justified in presuming that such agent has authority to perform the particular act in question.[1]

Petitioner Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) comes to this Court via this Petition[2] for review on certiorari to assail the April 30, 2013 Decision[3] and the November 7, 2013 Resolution[4] of the...