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Saludo vs. PNB

ANICETO G. SALUDO, JR., Petitioner, vs. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, Respondent. Present: PERALTA, J., Acting Chairperson,* DEL CASTILLO, JARDELEZA, TIJAM, and GESMUNDO, ** JJ.

G.R. No. 193138 | 2018-08-20

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
JARDELEZA, J.:
 
In this petition, we emphasize that a partnership for the practice of law, constituted in accordance with the Civil Code provisions on partnership, acquires juridical personality by operation of law. Having a juridical personality distinct and separate from its partners, such partnership is the real party-in-interest in a suit brought in connection with a contract entered into in its name and by a person authorized to act on its behalf.
 
Petitioner Aniceto G. Saludo, Jr. (Saludo) filed this petition for review on certiorari 1...