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Anita Caoile, Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

ANITA CAOILE and ERLINDA GATCHALIAN, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and SOLEDAD F. DE JESUS, respondents.

G.R. No. 106929 | 1993-09-21

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Petitioner Erlinda Gatchalian ** seeks to set aside the Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 26439 1 which modified the Decision of Branch 53 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila in Civil Case No. 86-36543 2 by holding her "jointly and severally liable with Anita Caoile to the appellants in the sum of P61,000.00 with its interest of 12% per annum from the date of the filing of the complaint until full payment."

The facts of the case as found by the trial court and adopted by the public respondent are as follows:

Sometime in January 1986, Soledad de Jesus met Erlinda Domingo (hereinafter...