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Lehner Martires vs. Ricardo Cokieng and Zennie Cokieng

LEHNER V. MARTIRES, Petitioner, versus RICARDO COKIENG and ZENNIE T. COKIENG, representatives of the late REGINO COKIENG, Respondents.

G.R. No. 150192 | 2005-02-17



SECOND DIVISION
DECISION

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

On the balance is a petition for review of the Decision[1] dated 23 May 2001 of the Court of Appeals, which set aside the Decision[2] dated 20 September 1999 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 224, Quezon City, for Damages upon a Malicious Prosecution.  The Resolution[3] dated 28 September 2001 denying the subsequent motion for reconsideration is likewise assailed.

Petitioner Lehner V. Martires[4] and respondent Ricardo C. Cokieng were contemporaries in Xavier School and in the De La Salle University.[5] Both later built their own respective business pursuits; petitioner with his...