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Atty Dionisio Calibo Jr vs CA & Dr Pablo Abella

ATTY. DIONISIO CALIBO, JR., petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and DR. PABLO U. ABELLA, respondents.

G.R. No. 120528 | 2001-01-29

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Before us is the petition for review on certiorari by petitioner Dionisio Calibo, Jr., assailing the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 39705, which affirmed the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu, Branch 11, declaring private respondent as the lawful possessor of a tractor subject of a replevin suit and ordering petitioner to pay private respondent actual damages and attorney's fees.

The facts of the case, as summarized by respondent court, are undisputed.

"...on January 25, 1979, plaintiff-appellee [herein petitioner] Pablo U. Abella purchased an MF 210 agricultural tractor...