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jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Court is hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE.
Accordingly, the Decision dated August 16, 2006 of the Regional Trial Court of Davao
City, Branch 13 in Civil Case No. 31, 103-2005 is AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION.
The security deposit in the amount of P90,000.00 has already been offset by the
amount of P79,534.00 as expenses for the repairs of the apartment units.
Nevertheless, respondent Habib Borgaily is ORDERED to return the amount of
P10,466.00, the remaining amount of the security deposit, to petitioner PhilippineJapan Active Carbon Corporation.
SO ORDERED.
Leonen, Gesmundo, Zalameda, and Gaerlan, JJ., concur.
February 19, 2020
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT
Sirs / Mesdames:
Please take notice that on January 15, 2020 a Decision, copy attached hereto, was
rendered by the Supreme Court in the above-entitled case, the original of which was
received by this Office on February 19, 2020 at 2:15 p.m.
Very truly yours,
(SGD) MISAEL
DOMINGO C.
BATTUNG III
Division Clerk of Court
[1] Rollo, pp. 10-25.
[2] Penned by Associate Justice Edgardo T. Lloren, with Associate Justices Romulo V.
Borja and Ramon Paul L. Hernando (now a Member of his Court), concurring; id. at 3037.
[3] Id. at 70-78.
[4] Id. at 77.
[5] Id. at 78-86.
[6] Id. at 70-71. Paragraph 3 of the Lease Agreement.
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