G.R. No. L-56169, 26 June 1992, 210 SCRA 351 FACTS: Petitioner Travel-On Inc. is a travel agency from which Arturo Miranda procured tickets on behalf of airline passengers and derived commissions therefrom. Miranda was sued by petitioner to collect on the six postdated checks he issued which were all dishonored by the drawee banks. Miranda, [...]

177 SCRA 594 (1989) FACTS: Plaintiff Ricardo S. Santos, Jr. was the vice-president of Mover Enterprises, Inc. in-charge of marketing and sales; and the president of the said corporation was Atty. Oscar Z. Benares. Atty. Benares, in accommodation of his clients, the spouses Jaime and Clarita Ong, issued check against Traders Royal Bank, payable to [...]

G.R. No. L-17845, 27 April 1967, 19 SCRA 924 FACTS: On March 28, 1949, Victor Sevilla, Oscar Varona and Simeon Sadaya executed, jointly and severally, in favor of the BPI, or its order, a promissory note for P15,000.00 with interest at 8% per annum, payable on demand. The P15,000.00 proceeds were received by Oscar Varona [...]

G.R. No. 154469, 6 December 2006 FACTS: Cabilzo issued a Metrobank Check payable to "CASH" and postdated on November 24, 1994 in the amount of P1,000.00. The check was drawn against Cabilzo’s account with Metrobank and was paid by Cabilzo to a certain Mr. Marquez, as his sales commission. Subsequently, the check was presented to [...]

88 Phil. 178 (1951) FACTS: Laya was the provincial treasurer of Misamis and an ex officio agent of PNB. In his capacity as treasurer, he issued USAFFE P400,000 in emergency notes and a PNB Check for P100,000. The check was payable to Ramos, an assistant agent. Ramos later indorsed the check to Montinola before having [...]

218 SCRA 682 (1993) FACTS: Petitioner maintains a checking with the respondent drawee Bank. After the bookkeeper prepared the checks, the completed checks were submitted to the petitioner for her signature, together with the corresponding invoice receipts which indicate the correct obligations due and payable to her suppliers. Petitioner signed each and every check without [...]

252 SCRA 620 (1996) FACTS: The Province of Tarlac maintains a current account with the Philippine National Bank (PNB) . A portion of the funds of the province is allocated to the Concepcion Emergency Hospital. The allotment checks for said government hospital are drawn to the order of "Concepcion Emergency Hospital, Concepcion, Tarlac" or "The [...]

G.R. No. 173259, 25 July 2011 FACTS: In its complaint, it is alleged that [respondent F.F. Cruz & Co., Inc.] (hereinafter FFCCI) opened savings/current or so-called combo account No. 0219-830-146 and dollar savings account No. 0219-0502-458-6 with [petitioner Philippine National Bank] (hereinafter PNB) at its Timog Avenue Branch. Its President Felipe Cruz (or Felipe) and [...]

G.R. No. 149454, 28 May 2004 FACTS: "On November 8, 1982, plaintiff CASA Montessori International opened Current Account with defendant BPI[,] with CASA’s President Ms. Ma. Carina C. Lebron as one of its authorized signatories. "In 1991, after conducting an investigation, plaintiff discovered that nine (9) of its checks had been encashed by a certain [...]

G.R. No. 139130, 27 November 2002, 393 SCRA 89 FACTS: Petitioner is a prominent businessman who, at the time material to this case, was the Managing Director of Multinational Investment Bancorporation and the Chairman and/or President of several other corporations. He was a depositor in good standing of respondent bank, the Manila Banking Corporation, under [...]