G.R. No. 112392 – 326 SCRA 641 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Negotiation – Indorsement – Withdrawal Slip Benjamin Napiza maintains an account with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). In 1987, Napiza was approached by Henry Chan and the latter gave him a $2,500 Continental […]
Negotiable Instruments Law
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G.R. No. L-34539 – 143 SCRA 7 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Consideration – Liability of Accommodation Party – Holder in Course In 1955, Concepcion and Tamayo Construction Enterprise had a contract with the Bureau of Public Works. The firm needed fund to push through with the […]
G.R. No. 92244 – 218 SCRA 682 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Liabilities of Parties – Forgery – Forged Indorsements Natividad Gempesaw is a businesswoman who entrusted to her bookkeeper, Alicia Galang, the preparation of checks about to be issued in the course of her business transactions. […]
G.R. No. L-40796 – 65 SCRA 680 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Consideration – Forgery – Liability of Accommodation Party On January 15, 1963, the Bureau of Treasury issued a back paycheck to Martin Lorenzo in the amount of P1,246.08. The drawee named therein was Republic Bank. […]
G.R. No. 42725 – 196 SCRA 100 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Liabilities of Parties – Forgery – 24 Hour Clearing House Rule On January 25, 1966, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) issued a P240.00 check in favor of Roberto Delgado against SMC’s account with the First National […]
G.R. No. L-50373 – 182 SCRA 251 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Liabilities of Parties – Forgery – Forged Signatures of Indorser From January 1960 to June 1961, Augusto Perez, collector of the Manila Lighter Transportation (MLT), collected 49 checks from MLT’s clients. The checks amounted to […]
G.R. No. L-26001 – 25 SCRA 693 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Liabilities of Parties – Forgery – Forged Check – Warranties In November 1961, GSIS advised PNB that a check bearing check number 645915- B has been lost. On January 15, 1962, Augusto Lim, holding GSIS Check […]
G.R. No. L-62943 – 143 SCRA 20 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Liabilities of Parties – Forgery – Negligence of Drawer Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) had an account with PNB. When it was still called NAWASA, MWSS made a special arrangement with PNB so that […]
G.R. No. L-53194 – 158 SCRA 582 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Liabilities of Parties – Forgery – Liability of the Drawee Bank In June 1973, Francisco Gozon II went to the Philippine National Bank (Caloocan City) accompanied by his friend Ernesto Santos. Gozon left Santos in […]
G.R. No. 107382; G.R. No. 107612 – 252 SCRA 620 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Liabilities of Parties – Forgery – Collecting Bank vs Drawee Bank The Province of Tarlac was disbursing funds to Concepcion Emergency Hospital via checks drawn against its account with the Philippine National Bank […]
G.R. No. 74451 – 161 SCRA 518 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Negotiable Instruments in General – Certainty of Payee In 1975, Liberato Casals, majority stockholder of Casville Enterprises, went to buy two garrett skidders (bulldozers) from Edward J. Nell Company amounting to P970,000.00. To pay the bulldozers, […]
G.R. No. 111190 – 245 SCRA 374 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Delivery of Negotiable Instruments – Paychecks of Public Officers Raul Sebreño filed a complaint for damages against Fiscal Bienvenido Mabanto Jr. of Cebu City. Sebreño won and he was awarded the payment of damages. Judge […]
G.R. No. L-16968 – 5 SCRA 745 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Negotiable Instruments in General – Rules of Construction A promissory note dated March 12, 1954 was executed by Vicente Legarda, president of Concepcion Mining Company, and Jose Sarte. On the face of the promissory note […]
G.R. No. 97753 – 212 SCRA 448 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Negotiable Instruments in General – Bearer Instrument – Certificate of Time Deposit In 1982, Angel de la Cruz obtained certificates of time deposit (CTDs) from Security Bank and Trust Company for the former’s deposit with […]
G.R. No. L-4388 – 91 Phil. 756 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Liabilities of Parties – Parties Secondarily Liable In 1948, Gan Yek Kiao drew a check in the amount of P5,000.00 payable to cash or to bearer. The check was delivered to Benito Seeto. Seeto presented […]
G.R. No. L-27782 – 34 SCRA 337 – Mercantile Law – Negotiable Instruments Law – Negotiable Instruments in General – Sum Certain in Money – Currency To Be Used Octavio Kalalo is an engineer whose services were contracted by Alfredo Luz, an architect, in 1961. Luz contracted Kalalo to work […]