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Serra v. CA
Serra v. CA
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G.R. No. 115117. June 8, 2000.
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* SECOND DIVISION.
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QUISUMBING, J.:
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1 Rollo, p. 34.
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2 Id., at 42.
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3 Id. at 35-36.
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to P763,101.70.
On July 5, 1990, the trial court rendered judgment
declaring that petitioner should pay private respondent the
sum of P763,101.70 representing the value of printing
paper delivered by private respondent from June 5, 1980 to
July 23, 1981. However, the lower court also found
petitionerÊs counterclaim meritorious. It ruled that were it
not for the failure or delay of private respondent to deliver
printing paper, petitioner could have sold books to Philacor
and realized profit of P790,324.30 from the sale. It further
ruled that petitioner suffered a dislocation of business on
account of loss of contracts and goodwill as a result of
private respondentÊs violation of its obligation, for which
the award of moral damages was justified.
On appeal, the respondent Court of Appeals reversed
and set aside the judgment of the trial court. The appellate
court ordered petitioner to pay private respondent the sum
of P763,101.70 representing the amount of unpaid printing
paper delivered by private respondent to petitioner, with
legal interest thereon from4 the date of the filing of the
complaint until fully paid. However, the appellate court
deleted the award of P790,324.30 as compensatory
damages as well as the award of moral damages and
attorneyÊs fees, for lack of factual and legal basis.
Expectedly, petitioner filed this instant petition
contending that the appellate courtÊs judgment is based on
erroneous conclusions of facts and law. In this recourse,
petitioner assigns the following errors:
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4 Id. at 34.
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AGREEMENT.
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[III]
In our view, the crucial issues for resolution in this case are
as follows:
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13 Coca-Cola Bottlers Phils., Inc. vs. Roque, GR-118985, June 14, 1999,
p. 8, 308 SCRA 215.
14 Rollo, p. 131.
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