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G.R. No. 128120. October 20, 2004.
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* SECOND DIVISION.
TONJUA, respondents.
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TINGA, J.:
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Petitioners seek a reversal of the twin
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Orders of the Court3
of Appeals dated 15 November 1996 and 31 January 1997,
in CAG.R. CV No. 35886, entitled “ALS Management et al.,
v. Swedish Match, AB, et al.” The4 appellate court
overturned the trial court’s Order dismissing the
respondents’ complaint for specific performance and
remanded the case to the trial court for further
proceedings.
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“WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing considerations, this Court gives due
course to defendants’ (except Rene Dizon) affirmative defense of bar by the statute
of frauds. This case is ordered DISMISSED for lack of a valid cause of action with
costs against plaintiffs. The writ of preliminary injunction issued on January 14,
1991 is hereby dissolved.”
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21 Id., at p. 164.
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22 Art. 1403. The following contracts are unenforceable, unless they are
ratified:
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(2) Those that do not comply with the Statute of Frauds as set forth in
this number. In the following cases an agreement hereafter made shall be
unenforceable by action, unless the same, or some note or memorandum
thereof, be in writing, and subscribed by the party charged, or by his
agent; evidence, therefore, of the agreement cannot be received without
the writing, or a secondary evidence of its contents:
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28 Litonjua v. Fernandez, G.R. No. 148116, April 14, 2004, 427 SCRA
478, citing Holsz v. Stephen, 200 N.E. 601 (1936).
29 Ibid., citing Franklin Sugar Refining Co. v. Egerton, 288 Fed. Rep.
698 (1923); Williams v. Morris, 95 U.S. 360 (1877).
30 Annex “E”, Rollo, p. 114.
31 Rule 16, par. (i), Rules of Civil Procedure.
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34 Gomez v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 120747, September 21, 2000, 340
SCRA 720.
35 Roble v. Arbasa, 414 Phil. 434; 362 SCRA 69 (2001).
36 Laforteza v. Machuca, 389 Phil. 167; 333 SCRA 643 (2000);
Katipunan v. Katipunan, Jr., 425 Phil. 818; 375 SCRA 200 (2002); Londres
v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 136427, December 17, 2002, 394 SCRA 133.
37 Bugatti v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 138113, October 17, 2000, 343
SCRA 335.
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Ed., p. 354.
39 Ang Yu v. Asuncion, G.R. No. 109125, December 2, 1994, 238 SCRA
602.
40 Laudico v. Arias, 43 Phil. 270 (1922).
41 Article 1319, Civil Code.
42 Annex “D”, Rollo, p. 111.
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48 Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company v. Tonda, 392 Phil. 797; 338
SCRA 254 (2000).
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49 Limketkai Sons Milling, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 325 Phil. 967; 255
SCRA 626 (1996).
50 TSN, January 3, 1991, pp. 12, 4748, 8081.
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54 See e.g., pars. 2.11, 2.11.1, Complaint; Vide, RTC Records, p. 17.
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SO ORDERED.
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