Practice question
A court expressly follows Philippine Bank of Commerce’s allocation for PHP 800,000 in actual loss and separately awards an unreduced PHP 25,000 fee against the defendants. Compute their liability under those orders.
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 1735, 1755-1756, 2176, 2179, 2184-2185 and 2214: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Philippine Bank of Commerce v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 97626, March 14, 1997, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1997/mar1997/gr_97626_1997.html
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