Back

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. vs. Ralph Pauli,

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, plaintiff-appellant, vs. RALPH PAULI and SPOUSES SALLY P. GARGANERA and MATEO GARGANERA, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-38303 | 1988-05-30

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

This appealed case was preceded by three (3) other cases between the parties, to wit:

1) Civil Case No. 32799 Court of First Instance Manila.

On June 14, 1957, the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation filed a complaint against the defendant Ralph Pauli, to collect the sum of P258,964.15. It was docketed as Civil Case No. 32799 in the Court of First Instance of Manila.
After the trial, judgment was rendered in favor of the Bank on June 2, 1959, the dispositive portion of which provided as follows:

"WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered ordering defendant to pay to plaintiff the sum of...