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Eli Lui And Leo Rojas vs Sps Matillano

ELI LUI and LEO ROJAS, petitioners, vs. SPOUSES EULOGIO and PAULINA MATILLANO, respondents.

G.R. No. 141176 | 2004-05-27

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. CV No. 44768 which reversed and set aside the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Bansalan, Davao del Sur, Branch 21.[2]

The Antecedents

Sometime in September 1987, then seventeen-year-old Elenito Lariosa visited his aunt, his father's older sister, Paulina Lariosa Matillano, at Lily Street, Poblacion Bansalan, Davao del Sur. On May 2, 1988, Lariosa was employed as a laborer at the Davao United Products Enterprise store, with a monthly salary of P800.00. The store was owned by Leong Shiu Ben and King...