05 Teng V SEC, 784 SCRA 216 (2016)
05 Teng V SEC, 784 SCRA 216 (2016)
05 Teng V SEC, 784 SCRA 216 (2016)
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THIRD DIVISION
February 17, 2016
G.R. No. 184332
ANNA TENG, Petitioner,
vs.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) and TING PING LAY, Respondents.
D E C I S I O N
REYES, J.:
This petition for review on certiorari1 under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court seeks the reversal of the Decision2 dated
April 29, 2008 and the Resolution3 dated August 28, 2008 rendered by the Court of Appeals (CA) in CAG.R. SP No.
99836. The CA affirmed the orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granting the issuance of an
alias writ of execution, compelling petitioner Anna Teng (Teng) to register and issue new certificates of stock in favor
of respondent Ting Ping Lay (Ting Ping).
The Facts
4
This case has its origin in G.R. No. 129777 entitled TCL Sales Corporation and Anna Teng v. Hon. Court of
Appeals and Ting Ping Lay. Herein respondent Ting Ping purchased 480 shares of TCL Sales Corporation (TCL)
from Peter Chiu (Chiu) on February 2, 1979; 1,400 shares on September 22, 1985 from his brother Teng Ching Lay
(Teng Ching), who was also the president and operations manager of TCL; and 1,440 shares from Ismaelita Maluto
(Maluto) on September 2, 1989.5
Upon Teng Ching's death in 1989, his son Henry Teng (Henry) took over the management of TCL. To protect his
shareholdings with TCL, Ting Ping on August 31, 1989 requested TCL's Corporate Secretary, herein petitioner Teng,
to enter the transfer in the Stock and Transfer Book of TCL for the proper recording of his acquisition. He also
demanded the issuance of new certificates of stock in his favor. TCL and Teng, however, refused despite repeated
demands. Because of their refusal, Ting Ping filed a petition for mandamus with the SEC against TCL and Teng,
docketed as SEC Case No. 3900.6
In its Decision7 dated July 20, 1994, the SEC granted Ting Ping's petition, ordering as follows:
WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing facts and circumstances, judgment is hereby rendered.
A. Ordering [TCL and Teng] to record in the Books of the Corporation the following shares:
1. 480 shares acquired by [Ting Ping] from [Chiu] per Deed of Sales [sic] dated February 20,
1979;
2. 1,400 shares acquired by [Ting Ping] from [Teng Ching] per Deed of Sale dated September
22, 1985; and
3. 1,440 shares acquired by [Ting Ping] from [Maluto] per Deed of Assignment dated Sept 2,
1989 [sic].
B. Ordering [TCL and Teng] to issue corresponding new certificates of stocks (sic) in the name of [Ting
Ping].
C. Ordering [TCL and Teng] to pay [Ting Ping] moral damages in the amount of One Hundred
Thousand (P 100,000.00) Pesos and Fifty Thousand (P 50,000.00) Pesos for attorney's fees.
SO ORDERED. 8
TCL and Teng appealed to the SEC en banc, which, in its Order9 dated June 11, 1996, affirmed the SEC decision
with modification, in that Teng was held solely liable for the payment of moral damages and attorney's fees.
Not contented, TCL and Teng filed a petition for review with the CA, docketed as CAG.R. SP. No. 42035. On
January 31, 1997, the CA, however, dismissed the petition for having been filed out of time and for finding no cogent
and justifiable grounds to disturb the findings of the SEC en banc. 10 This prompted TCL and Teng to come to the
Court via a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45.
On January 5, 2001, the Court promulgated its Decision in G.R. No. 129777, the dispositive portion of which states:
WHEREFORE, the petition is DENIED, and the Decision dated January 31, 1997, as well as the
Resolution dated July 3, 1997 of [the CA] are hereby AFFIRMED. Costs against [TCL and Teng].
SO ORDERED.11
After the finality of the Court's decision, the SEC issued a writ of execution addressed to the Sheriff of the Regional
Trial Court (RTC) of Manila. Teng, however, filed on February 4, 2004 a complaint for interpleader with the RTC of
Manila, Branch 46, docketed as Civil Case No. 02102776, where Teng sought to compel Henry and Ting Ping to
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interplead and settle the issue of ownership over the 1,400 shares, which were previously owned by Teng Ching.
Thus, the deputized sheriff held in abeyance the further implementation of the writ of execution pending outcome of
Civil Case No. 02102776. 12
On March 13, 2003, the RTC of Manila, Branch 46, rendered its Decision13 in Civil Case No. 02102776, finding
Henry to have a better right to the shares of stock formerly owned by Teng Ching, except as to those covered by
Stock Certificate No. 011 covering 262.5 shares, among others. 14
Thereafter, an Ex Parte Motion for the Issuance of Alias Writ of Execution15 was filed by Ting Ping where he sought
the partial satisfaction of SEC en banc Order dated June 11, 1996 ordering TCL and Teng to record the 480 shares
he acquired from Chiu and the 1,440 shares he acquired from Maluto, and for Teng's payment of the damages
awarded in his favor.
Acting upon the motion, the SEC issued an Order16 dated August 9, 2006 granting partial enforcement and
satisfaction of the Decision dated July 20, 1994, as modified by the SEC en banc's Order dated June 11, 1996.17 On
the same date, the SEC issued an alias writ of execution. 18
Teng and TCL filed their respective motions to quash the alias writ of execution, 19 which was opposed by Ting
Ping,20 who also expressed his willingness to surrender the original stock certificates of Chiu and Maluto to facilitate
and expedite the transfer of the shares in his favor. Teng pointed out, however, that the annexes in Ting Ping's
opposition did not include the subject certificates of stock, surmising that they could have been lost or destroyed.21
Ting Ping belied this, claiming that his counsel Atty. Simon V. Lao already communicated with TCL's counsel
regarding the surrender of the said certificates of stock. 22 Teng then filed a counter manifestation where she pointed
out a discrepancy between the total shares of Maluto based on the annexes, which is only 1305 shares, as against
the 1440 shares acquired by Ting Ping based on the SEC Order dated August 9, 2006.23
On May 25, 2007, the SEC denied the motions to quash filed by Teng and TCL, and affinned its Order dated August
9, 2006.24
Unperturbed, Teng filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, docketed as CA
G.R. SP No. 99836.25 The SEC, through the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), filed a Comment dated June 30,
2008,26 which, subsequently, Teng moved to expunge.27
On April 29, 2008, the CA promulgated the assailed decision dismissing the petition and denying the motion to
expunge the SEC's comment.28
Hence, Teng filed the present petition, raising the following grounds:
I. THE RESPONDENT [CA] GRAVELY ERRED IN DECLARING THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO
SURRENDER THE STOCK CERTIFICATES (REPRESENTING THE SHARES CONVEYED BY [MALUTO]
TO [TING PING] TO RECORD THE TRANSFER THEREOF IN THE CORPORATE BOOKS AND ISSUE
NEW STOCK CERTIFICATES[;]
II. THE RESPONDENT [CA] GRAVELY ERRED IN UPHOLDING THE POSE THAT THERE WAS NEITHER
AMENDMENT NOR ALTERATION OF THE FINAL DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT IN "TCL SALE[S]
CORP., ET AL. VS. CA, ET AL.", G.R. NO. 129777, DESPITE THE CONTRARY RECORD THERETO[;]
III. THE RESPONDENT [CA] GRAVELY ERRED IN DECLARING THAT THE [OSG] WAS ALREADY
REQUIRED TO COMMENT ON [TENG'S] MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION.29
The core question before the Court is whether the surrender of the certificates of stock is a requisite before
registration of the transfer may be made in the corporate books and for the issuance of new certificates in its stead.
Note at this juncture that the present dispute involves the execution of the Court's decision in G.R. No. 129777 but
only with regard to Chiu's and Maluto's respective shares. The subject of the orders of execution issued by the SEC
pertained only to these shares and the Court's decision will revolve only on these shares.
Teng argues, among others, that the CA erred when it held that the surrender of Maluto's stock certificates is not
necessary before their registration in the corporate books and before the issuance of new stock certificates. She
contends that prior to registration of stocks in the corporate books, it is mandatory that the stock certificates are first
surrendered because a corporation will be liable to a bona fide holder of the old certificate if, without demanding the
said certificate, it issues a new one. She also claims that the CA's reliance on Tan v. SEC30 is misplaced since
therein subject stock certificate was allegedly surrendered.31
On the other hand, Ting Ping contends that Section 63 of the Corporation Code does not require the surrender of
the stock certificate to the corporation, nor make such surrender an indispensable condition before any transfer of
shares can be registered in the books of the corporation. Ting Ping considers Section 63 as a permissive mode of
transferring shares in the corporation. Citing Rural Bank of Salinas, Inc. v. CA,32 he claims that the only limitation
imposed by Section 63 is when the corporation holds any unpaid claim against the shares intended to be
transferred. Thus, for as long as the shares of stock are validly transferred, the corporate secretary has the
ministerial duty to register the transfer of such shares in the books of the corporation, especially in this case
because no less than this Court has affirmed the validity of the transfer of the shares in favor of Ting Ping. 33
Ruling of the Court
To restate the basics
A certificate of stock is a written instrument signed by the proper officer of a corporation stating or acknowledging
that the person named in the document is the owner of a designated number of shares of its stock. It is prima facie
evidence that the holder is a shareholder of a corporation. 34 A certificate, however, is merely a tangible evidence of
ownership of shares of stock. 35 It is not a stock in the corporation and merely expresses the contract between the
corporation and the stockholder. 36 The shares of stock evidenced by said certificates, meanwhile, are regarded as
property and the owner of such shares may, as a general rule, dispose of them as he sees fit, unless the corporation
has been dissolved, or unless the right to do so is properly restricted, or the owner's privilege of disposing of his
shares has been hampered by his own action. 37
Section 63 of the Corporation Code prescribes the manner by which a share of stock may be transferred. Said
provision is essentially the same as Section 35 of the old Corporation Law, which, as held in Fleisher v. Botica
Nolasco Co.,38 defines the nature, character and transferability of shares of stock. Fleisher also stated that the
provision on the transfer of shares of stocks contemplates no restriction as to whom they may be transferred or sold.
As owner of personal property, a shareholder is at liberty to dispose of them in favor of whomsoever he pleases,
without any other limitation in this respect, than the general provisions of law. 39
Section 63 provides:
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Sec. 63. Certificate of stock and transfer of shares. The capital stock of stock corporations shall be divided into
shares for which certificates signed by the president or vice president, countersigned by the secretary or assistant
secretary, and sealed with the seal of the corporation shall be issued in accordance with the bylaws. Shares of
stock so issued are personal property and may be transferred by delivery of the certificate or certificates
indorsed by the owner or his attorneyinfact or other person legally authorized to make the transfer. No
transfer, however, shall be valid, except as between the parties, until the transfer is recorded in the books of the
corporation showing the names of the parties to the transaction, the date of the transfer, the number of the
certificate or certificates and the number of shares transferred.
No shares of stock against which the corporation holds any unpaid claim shall be transferable in the books of the
corporation. (Emphasis and underscoring ours)
Under the provision, certain minimum requisites must be complied with for there to be a valid transfer of stocks, to
wit: (a) there must be delivery of the stock certificate; (b) the certificate must be endorsed by the owner or his
attorneyinfact or other persons legally authorized to make the transfer; and (c) to be valid against third parties, the
transfer must be recorded in the books of the corporation.40
It is the delivery of the certificate, coupled with the endorsement by the owner or his duly authorized representative
that is the operative act of transfer of shares from the original owner to the transferee.41 The Court even
emphatically declared. in FilEstate Golf and Development, Inc., et al. v. Vertex Sales and Trading, Inc. 42 that in "a
sale of shares of stock, physical delivery of a stock certificate is one of the essential requisites for the transfer of
ownership of the stocks purchased."43 The delivery contemplated in Section 63, however, pertains to the delivery of
the certificate of shares by the transferor to the transferee, that is, from the original stockholder named in the
certificate to the person or entity the stockholder was transferring the shares to, whether by sale or some other valid
form of absolute conveyance of ownership.44 "[S]hares of stock may be transferred by delivery to the transferee of
the certificate properly indorsed. Title may be vested in the transferee by the delivery of the duly indorsed certificate
of stock."45
It is thus clear that Teng's position that Ting Ping must first surrender Chiu's and Maluto's respective certificates of
stock before the transfer to Ting Ping may be registered in the books of the corporation does not have legal basis.
The delivery or surrender adverted to by Teng, i.e., from Ting Ping to TCL, is not a requisite before the conveyance
may be recorded in its books. To compel Ting Ping to deliver to the corporation the certificates as a condition for the
registration of the transfer would amount to a restriction on the right of Ting Ping to have the stocks transferred to
his name, which is not sanctioned by law. The only limitation imposed by Section 63 is when the corporation holds
any unpaid claim against the shares intended to be transferred.
In Rural Bank of Salinas,46 the Court ruled that the right of a transferee/assignee to have stocks transferred to his
name is an inherent right flowing from his ownership of the stocks.47 In said case, the private respondent presented
to the bank the deeds of assignment for registration, transfer of the shares assigned in the bank's books,
cancellation of the stock certificates, and issuance of new stock certificates, which the bank refused. In ruling
favorably for the private respondent, the Court stressed that a corporation, either by its board, its bylaws, or the
act of its officers, cannot create restrictions in stock transfers. In transferring stock, the secretary of a
corporation acts in purely ministerial capacity, and does not try to decide the question of ownership. 48 If a
corporation refuses to make such transfer without good cause, it may, in fact, even be compelled to do so by
mandamus.49 With more reason in this case where the Court, in G.R. No. 129777, already upheld Ting Ping's
definite and uncontested titles to the subject shares, viz:
Respondent Ting Ping Lay was able to establish prima facie ownership over the shares of stocks in question,
through deeds of transfer of shares of stock of TCL Corporation. Petitioners could not repudiate these documents.
Hence, the transfer of shares to him must be recorded on the corporation's stock and transfer book.50
(Emphasis and underscoring ours)
In the same vein, Teng cannot refuse registration of the transfer on the pretext that the photocopies of Maluto 's
certificates of stock submitted by Ting Ping covered only 1,305 shares and not 1,440. As earlier stated, the
respective duties of the corporation and its secretary to transfer stock are purely ministerial.51 Aside from this, Teng's
argument on this point was adequately explained by both the SEC and CA in this wise:
In explaining the alleged discrepancy, the public respondent, in its 25 May 2007 order, cited the order of the
Commission En Banc, thus:
"An examination of this decision, however, reveals, no categorical pronouncements of fraud. The refusal to credit in
[Ting Ping's] favor five hundred eightyfive (585) shares in excess of what [Maluto] owned and the two hundred forty
(240) shares that [Ting Ping] bought from the corporation, is a mere product of the failure of the corporation to
register with the [SEC] the increase in the subscribed capital stock by 4000 shares last 1981. Surely, [Ting Ping]
cannot be faulted for this." 52
Nevertheless, to be valid against third parties and the corporation, the transfer must be recorded or registered in the
books of corporation. There are several reasons why registration of the transfer is necessary: one, to enable the
transferee to exercise all the rights of a stockholder;53 two, to inform the corporation of any change in share
ownership so that it can ascertain the persons entitled to the rights and subject to the liabilities of a stockholder;54
and three, to avoid fictitious or fraudulent transfers, 55 among others. Thus, in Chua Guan v. Samahang Mags as
aka, Inc., 56 the Court stated that the only safe way to accomplish the hypothecation of share of stock is for the
transferee [a creditor, in this case] to insist on the assignment and delivery of the certificate and to obtain the
transfer of the legal title to him on the books of the corporation by the cancellation of the certificate and the issuance
of a new one to him.57 In this case, given the Court's decision in GR. No. 129777, registration of the transfer of
Chiu's and Maluto's shares in Ting Ping's favor is a mere formality in confirming the latter's status as a stockholder
of TCL. 58
Upon registration of the transfer in the books of the corporation, the transferee may now then exercise all the rights
of a stockholder, which include the right to have stocks transferred to his name. 59 In Ponce v. Alsons Cement
Corporation,60 the Court stated that "[f]rom the corporation's point of view, the transfer is not effective until it is
recorded. Unless and until such recording is made[,] the demand for the issuance of stock certificates to the alleged
transferee has no legal basis. x x x [T]he stock and transfer book is the basis for ascertaining the persons entitled to
the rights and subject to the liabilities of a stockholder. Where a transferee is not yet recognized as a stockholder,
the corporation is under no specific legal duty to issue stock certificates in the transferee's name."61
The manner of issuance of certificates of stock is generally regulated by the corporation's bylaws. Section 47 of the
Corporation Code states: "a private corporation may provide in its bylaws for x x x the manner of issuing stock
certificates." Section 63, meanwhile, provides that "[t]he capital stock of stock corporations shall be divided into
shares for which certificates signed by the president or vice president, countersigned by the secretary or assistant
secretary, and sealed with the seal of the corporation shall be issued in accordance with the bylaws." In Bitong v.
CA,62 the Court outlined the procedure for the issuance of new certificates of stock in the name of a transferee:
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First, the certificates must be signed by the president or vicepresident, countersigned by the secretary or assistant
secretary, and sealed with the seal of the corporation. x x x Second, delivery of the certificate is an essential
element of its issuance. x x x Third, the par value, as to par value shares, or the full subscription as to no par value
shares, must first be fully paid. Fourth, the original certificate must be surrendered where the person
requesting the issuance of a certificate is a transferee from a stockholder. 63 (Emphasis ours and citations
omitted)
The surrender of the original certificate of stock is necessary before the issuance of a new one so that the old
certificate may be cancelled. A corporation is not bound and cannot be required to issue a new certificate unless the
original certificate is produced and surrendered.64 Surrender and cancellation of the old certificates serve to protect
not only the corporation but the legitimate shareholder and the public as well, as it ensures that there is only one
document covering a particular share of stock.
In the case at bench, Ting Ping manifested from the start his intention to surrender the subject certificates of stock to
facilitate the registration of the transfer and for the issuance of new certificates in his name. It would be sacrificing
substantial justice if the Court were to grant the petition simply because Ting Ping is yet to surrender the subject
certificates for cancellation instead of ordering in this case such surrender and cancellation, and the issuance of new
ones in his name. 65
On the other hand, Teng, and TCL for that matter, have already deterred for so long Ting Ping's enjoyment of his
rights as a stockholder. As early as 1989, Ting Ping already requested Teng to enter the transfer of the subject
shares in TCL's Stock and Transfer Book; in 2001, the Court, in G.R. No. 129777, resolved Ting Ping's rights as a
valid transferee and shareholder; in 2006, the SEC ordered partial execution of the judgment; and in 2008, tμe CA
affirmed the SEC's order of execution. The Court will not allow Teng and TCL to frustrate Ting Ping's rights any
longer. Also, the Court will not dwell on the other issues raised by Teng as it becomes irrelevant in light of the
Court's disquisition.
WHEREFORE, the petition is DENIED. The Decision dated April 29, 2008 and Resolution dated August 28, 2008 of
the Court of Appeals in CAG.R. SP No. 99836 are AFFIRMED.
Respondent Ting Ping Lay is hereby ordered to surrender the certificates of stock covering the shares respectively
transferred by Ismaelita Maluto and Peter Chiu. Petitioner Anna Teng or the incumbent corporate secretary of TCL
Sales Corporation, on the other hand, is hereby ordered, under pain of contempt, to immediately cancel Ismaelita
Maluto's and Peter Chiu's certificates of stock and to issue new ones in the name of Ting Ping Lay, which shall
include Ismaelita Maluto's shares not covered by any existing certificate of stock but otherwise validly transferred to
Ting Ping Lay.
Costs against petitioner Anna Teng.
SO ORDERED.
BIENVENIDO L. REYES
Associate Justice
WE CONCUR:
PRESBITERO J. VELASCO, JR.
Associate Justice
Chairperson
DIOSDADO M. PERALTA JOSE PORTUGAL PEREZ
Associate Justice Associate Justice
FRANCIS H. JARDELEZA
Associate Justice
A T T E S T A T I O N
I attest that the conclusions in the above Decision had been reached in consultation before the case was assigned
to the writer of the opinion of the Court's Division.
PRESBITERO J. VELASCO, JR.
Associate Justice
Chairperson
C E R T I F I C A T I O N
Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution and the Division Chairperson's Attestation, I certify that the
conclusions in the above Decision had been reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of
the opinion of the Court's Division.
MARIA LOURDES P.A. SERENO
Chief Justice
Footnotes
1
Rollo, pp. 939.
2
Penned by Associate Justice Apolinario D. Bruselas, Jr. with Associate Justices Rebecca De GuiaSalvador
and Vicente S.E. Veloso concurring; id. at 4150, 237246.
3
Id. at 5253; 248249.
4
402 Phil. 37 (2001).
5
Id. at 42.
6
Id. at 4243.
7
Issued by Hearing Officer James K. Abugan; rollo, pp. 6472.
8
Id. at 7172.
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9
Id. at 7379.
10
Supra note 4, at 4144.
11
Id. at 50.
12
Rollo, p. 43.
13
Issued by Judge Artemio S. Tipon; id. at 104113.
14
Id. at 112.
15
Id. at 9698.
16
Id. at 116122.
17
Id. at 122.
18
Id. at 123128.
19
Id. at 129134; 135141.
20
Id. at 142150.
21
Id. at 170171.
22
Id. at 178179.
23
Id. at 189190.
24
Id. at 194199.
25
Id. at 200218.
26
Id. at 220226.
27
Id. at 227230.
28
Id. at 4150; 5253.
29
Id. at 2526.
30
G.R. No. 95696, March 3, 1992, 206 SCRA 740.
31
Rollo, pp. 2627.
32
G.R. No. 96674, June 26, 1992, 210 SCRA 510.
33
Rollo, pp. 260261.
34
Lao, et al. v. Lao, 588 Phil. 844, 857 (2008).
35
Republic of the Philippines v. Estate of Hans Menzi, 512 Phil. 425, 460 (2005).
36
Makati Sports Club, Inc. v. Cheng, et al., 635 Phil. 103, 114 (2010).
37
Padgett v. Babcock & Templeton, Inc. and Babcock, 59 Phil. 232, 234 (1933), citing 14 C.J ., sec. 1033, pp.
663, 664.
38
47Phil.583(1925).
39
Id. at 589.
40
The Rural Bank of Lipa City, Inc. v. CA, 418 Phil. 461, 472 (2001).
41
Id.; Bitong v. CA, 354 Phil. 516, 541 (1998).
42
710 Phil. 831 (2013).
43
Id. at 835836, citing RaquelSantos, et al. v. CA, et al., 609 Phil. 630, 657 (2009).
44
See Monserrat v. Ceron, 58 Phil. 469 (1933).
45
Razon v. Intermediate Appellate Court, G.R. No. 74306, March 16, 1992, 207 SCRA 234, 240, citing
Embassy Farms, Inc. v. CA, 266 Phil. 549, 557 (1990). See also Lao, et al. v. Lao, supra note 34.
46
Supra note 32.
47
Id. at 516.
48
Id., citing Fletcher, Sec. 5528, p. 434.
49
Id., citing Fletcher, 5518, 12 Fletcher 394.
50
Supra note 4, at 47.
51
Lee v. Hon. Presiding Judge Trocino, et al., 607 Phil. 690, 699 (2009), citing Rural Bank of Salinas, Inc. v.
CA, supra note 32, at 516.
52
Rollo, p. 48.
53
Republic of the Philippines v. Sandiganbayan, 450 Phil. 98, 129 (2003), citing Batangas Laguna Tayabas
Bus Company, Inc., v. Bitanga, 415 Phil. 43, 57(2001). See also De Erquiaga v. CA, 258 Phil. 626, 637
(1989).
54
Republic of the Philippines v. Sandiganbayan, id. at 129130.
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55
Escano v. Filipinas Mining Corp., et al., 74 Phil. 711, 716 (1944).
56
62 Phil. 472 (1935).
57
Id. at 481.
58
See Reyes v. Hon. RTC of Makati, Br. 142, et al., 583 Phil. 591 (2008).
59
Rural Bank of Salinas, Inc. v. CA, supra note 32, at 516.
60
442 Phil. 98 (2002).
61
Id. at 110111.
62
354 Phil. 516 (1998).
63
Id. at 535.
64
Lopez, R.N., THE CORPORATION CODE or THE PHILIPPINES ANNOTATED, Volume II (1994 ed.), citing
12 Fletcher Cyc. Corp., Perm. Ed., Chapter 58, Section 5537, p. 589).
65
See C.N. Hodges, et al. v. Lezama, et al., 122 Phil. 367, 371372 (1965).
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