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Lucio R. Cruz Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

LUCIO R. CRUZ, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS AND CONRADO Q. SALONGA, respondents.

G.R. No. 79962 | 1990-12-10

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The private respondent Conrado Salonga filed a complaint for collection and damages against petitioner Lucio Cruz ** in the Regional Trial Court of Lucena City alleging that in the course of their business transactions of buying and selling fish, the petitioner borrowed from him an amount of P35,000.00, evidenced by a receipt dated May 4, 1982, marked as Exhibit D, reading as follows:

5/4/82

Received the amount of Thirty Five Thousand Cash from Rodrigo Quiambao and Conrado Salonga on the day of May 4, 1982.

Sgd. Lucio Cruz

The plaintiff claimed that of this amount, only P20,000.00 had been paid, leaving a...