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Sps Chan vs RTC Zamboanga Del Norte In Dipolog City, et al

SPOUSES JIMMY and PATRI CHAN, petitioners, vs. REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE IN DIPOLOG CITY, Branch 9, CYREANO HAMOY, and SHIELDA HAMOY-SINGALIVO, respondents.

G.R. No. 149253 | 2004-04-15

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 55730 and its Resolution denying the petitioners' motion for reconsideration of said decision.

The petition stemmed from the following backdrop:

On June 20, 1994, Shielda Hamoy-Singalivo and her brother, Cyreano Hamoy, as plaintiffs, filed a Complaint for Damages in the Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga del Norte, Branch 9, against the spouses Jimmy Chan and Patri Bajamunde-Chan and their employee, Virgilio Tagapan Egay. The plaintiffs alleged therein, inter alia, as follows:

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