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Mila Yap Sumndad vs John William Harrigan, et al

MILA YAP SUMNDAD, petitioner, vs. JOHN WILLIAM HARRIGAN and BORACAY BEACH CLUB HOTEL, INC., (BBCHI), respondents.

G.R. No. 132358 | 2002-04-12

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari seeks to annul and set aside the decision promulgated on October 1, 1997, by the Court of Appeals, affirming the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Makati, Branch 61, which ruled in favor of respondent John William Harrigan, ordering respondent Boracay Beach Club Hotel Inc. to pay P8 million plus interest, attorney's fees and costs.

The facts of this case disclose that on February 6, 1995, Harrigan filed a complaint docketed as Civil Case No. 95-223 for collection of a sum of money with prayer for preliminary attachment with the RTC Makati against respondent...