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China Banking Corp., Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

CHINA BANKING CORPORATION, and ORWILL ONG, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and CLARO BEN LIM, respondents.

G.R. No. 94182 | 1994-03-28

D E C I S I O N


QUIASON, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court to reverse and set aside the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 20112, affirming the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 8, Manila, which awarded the claim for damages filed by respondent Claro Ben Lim against petitioners China Banking Corporation (CBC) and Orwil Ong (Civil Case No. 33945).

We grant the petition and reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.

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On March 1, 1984, petitioner CBC filed with the City Fiscal of Manila a complaint (I.S. No. 84-04412) against George U. Lim, Julia L....