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Chiang Yia Min vs CA, RCBC, et al

CHIANG YIA MIN, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION, PAPERCON (PHILIPPINES), INC. and TOM PEK, respondents.

G.R. No. 137932 | 2001-03-28

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

The instant petition concerns the recovery of a sum of money and damages, initiated by herein petitioner, a Chinese national based in Taiwan, against Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (hereafter, "RCBC" or "respondent bank") before Branch 151[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City. The case, docketed as Civil Case No. 54694, sought the collection of US$100,000.00, or its equivalent per Central Bank rates, legal interest, moral and exemplary damages, and attorney's fees.

Petitioner's version of the case, which was upheld by the trial court, alleges that the said US$100,000.00 was sent by Hang...