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Salcedo-Ortaez v. Court of Appeals

Doctrine: Under R.A. 4200, it is unlawful for any person , not being authorized by

all the parties to any private counication or spo!en word, to tap any wire or

cable, or by using any other device or arrangeent, to secretly overhear, intercept,

or record such counication or spo!en word by using a device coonly !nownas a dictaphone or dictagraph or detectaphone or wal!ie"tal!ie or tape"recorder, or

however otherwise described.# $he inadissibility of such evidence obtained in

violation of said Act is andatory under the law.

Facts:

Rafael %rtanez &led with the Regional $rial 'ourt a coplaint for annulent

of arriage with daages against $eresita (alcedo"%rtanez, on grounds of

lac! of arriage license and)or psychological incapacity of $eresita.

Aong the evidence orally forally o*ered by %rtanez were three cassette

tapes of alleged telephone conversations between $eresita and unidenti&ed

persons.

Issues:

$eresita &led an ob+ection)coent to Rafaels oral o*er of evidence, assailing the

adissibility in evidence of the cassette tapes. 'an her ob+ection be sustained-

Held:

es. $he evidence presented are inadissible by virtue of RA 4200.

Rep. Act /o. 4200 entitled An Act to 1rohibit and 1enalize ire $apping and %ther

Related 3iolations of the 1rivacy of 'ounication, and for other purposes

epressly a!es such tape recordings inadissible in evidence. $he relevant

provisions of Rep. Act /o. 4200 are as follows5

(ection 6. 7t shall be unlawful for any person, not being authorized by all the

parties to any private counication or spo!en word, to tap any wire or cable, or

by using any other device or arrangeent, to secretly overhear, intercept, or record

such counication or spo!en word by using a device coonly !nown as a

dictaphone or dictagraph or detectaphone or wal!ie"tal!ie or tape"recorder, or

however otherwise described.

(ection 4. Any counication or spo!en word, or the eistence, contents,

substance, purport, or eaning of the sae or any par, thereof, or any inforation

therein contained, obtained or secured by any person in violation of the preceding


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sections of this Act shall not be adissible in evidence in any +udicial, 8uasi"+udicial,

legislative or adinistrative hearing or investigation.

'learly, respondents trial court and 'ourt of Appeals failed consider the afore"

8uoted provisions of the law in aditting in the casette tapes in 8uestion. Absent a

clear show that both parties to the telephone conversations allowed recording of thesae, the inadissibility of the sub+ect tapes is andatory under Rep. Act /o.

4200.


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SEAOIL PETROLEUM CORPORATION VS. AUTOCORP GROUP AND PAUL Y.

RODRIGUEZ

G.R. No. 164326, Octobe 1!, 2""#

FACTS:Pet$t$o%e Se&o$' Peto'e() Co*o&t$o% *(c+&e- o%e (%$t o RO/E0 2"" LC

Ec&&to, Mo-e' 14 o) e*o%-e%t A(toco* Go(*. T+e &'e &ee)e%t 5&

e)bo-$e- $% t+e Ve+$c'e S&'e I%o$ce No. A"2" &%- Ve+$c'e S&'e Co%$)&t$o% No. 27#.

Se&o$' $(e- 12 c+ec8 & *&9)e%t t+eeo: +o5ee 1" c+ec8 5ee %ot +o%oe- b9 t+e

b&%8 $%ce Se&o$' e;(ete- t+&t *&9)e%t be to**e-. A(toco* $'e- & co)*'&$%t o

ecoe9 o *eo%&' *o*et9 5$t+ -&)&e &%- e*'e$% $% t+e Re$o%&' T$&' Co(t.

Se&o$' c'&$) t+&t Se&o$' &%- A(toco* 5ee o%'9 (t$'$+et+e o %ot *&o' e$-e%ce ('e $ &**'$c&b'e $% t+$ c&e.

HELD:

No. A't+o(+ *&o' e$-e%ce $ &-)$$b'e to e*'&$% t+e )e&%$% o & co%t&ct, $t c&%%otee t+e *(*oe o $%co*o&t$% $%to t+e co%t&ct &--$t$o%&' co%te)*o&%eo( co%-$t$o%

5+$c+ &e %ot )e%t$o%e- &t &'' $% t+e 5$t$% (%'e t+ee +& bee% &(- o )$t&8e.

E$-e%ce o & *$o o co%te)*o&%eo( eb&' &ee)e%t $ e%e&''9 %ot &-)$$b'e to

&9, co%t&-$ct o -ee&t t+e o*e&t$o% o & &'$- co%t&ct.

T+e Ve+$c'e S&'e I%o$ce $ t+e bet e$-e%ce o t+e t&%&ct$o%. T+e te) o t+e (b?ect

&'e $%o$ce &e c'e&. T+e9 +o5 t+&t A(toco* o'- to Se&o$' o%e (%$t Robe 2"" LC

Ec&&to *&$- o b9 c+ec8 $(e- b9 o%e Ro)eo V&'e&.

Facts:

This is a case involving Citibank, N.A., a banking corporation duly registered under US Laws and is

licensed to do commercial banking and trust unctions in the !hilippines and "nvestor#s $inance

Corporation %aka $NC& $inance', and ailiate company o Citibank, mainly handling money market

placements%((!s are short term debt instruments that give the owner an unconditional right to receive a

stated, i)ed sum o money on a speciied date'.


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(odesta *. Sabeniano was a client o both petitioners Citibank and $NC& $inance.Unortunately, the

business relations among the parties subse+uently went awry. Subse+uently, Sabeniano iled a complaint

with the *TC against petitioners as she claims to have substantial deposits and money market placements

with the petitioners and other investment companies, the proceeds o which were supposedly deposited

automatically and directly to her account with Citibank. Sabenianoalleged that Citibank et al reused to

return her deposits and the proceeds o her money market placements despite her repeated demands, thus,the civil case or Accounting, Sum o (oney and -amages.

"n their reply, Citibank et al admitted that Sabenianohad deposits and money market placements with

them, including dollar accounts in other Citibank branches. /owever, they also alleged that respondent

later obtained several loans rom Citibank, e)ecuted through !romissory Notes and secured by a pledge

on her dollar accounts, and a deed o assignment against her ((!S with $NC& $inance. 0hen

Sabeniano deaulted, Citibank e)ercised its right to o1set or compensate respondent#s outstanding loans

with her deposits and money market placements, pursuant to securities she e)ecuted. Citibank supposedly

inormed Sabeniano o the oregoing compensation through letters, thus, Citibank et al were surprised

when si) years later,Sabeniano and her counsel made repeated re+uests or the withdrawal o respondent#s

deposits and ((!s with Citibank, including her dollar accounts with Citibank12eneva and her money

market placements with petitioner $NC& $inance. Thus, petitioners prayed or the dismissal o the

Complaint and or the award o actual, moral, and e)emplary damages, and attorney#s ees.

The case was eventually decided ater 34 years with the 5udge declaring the osetting done as illegal and

the return o the amount with legal interest, while Sabeniano was ordered to pay her loans to Citibank.

The ruling was then appealed. The CA modiied the decision but only to the e)tent o Sabeniano6s loans

which it ruled that Citibank ailed to establish the indebtedness and is also without legal and actual basis.

The case was thus appealed to the SC.

"ssue7 0hether or not there was a valid osetting8compensation o loan vis a visthea.'-eposits and

b.' ((!s.

/eld7

2eneral *e+uirement o Compensation7

Art. 39:;. Compensation shall take place when two persons, in their own right, are creditors and

debtors o each other.

Art. 39:


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%?' That they be li+uidated and demandable=

%@' That over neither o them there be any retention or controversy, commenced by third

persons and communicated in due time to the debtor.

3. es. As already ound by this Court, petitioner Citibank was the creditor o respondent or heroutstanding loans. At the same time, respondent was the creditor o petitioner Citibank, as ar as her

deposit account was concerned, since bank deposits, whether i)ed, savings, or current, should be

considered as simple loan or mutuumby the depositor to the banking institution.399&oth debts consist in

sums o money. &y 5une 3 September 3


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pledge by respondent to petitioner Citibank o her credit due rom petitioner $NC& $inance by virtue o

her money market placements with the latter. According to Article 933; o the Civil Code

A*T. 933;. " a credit has been pledged becomes due beore it is redeemed, the pledgee maycollect and receive the amount due. /e shall apply the same to the payment o his claim, and

deliver the surplus, should there be any, to the pledgor.

MCC INDUSTRIAL SALESCORPORATION vs.SSANGYONGCORPORATION G.R. No. 170633, Octobe17, !007

Facts:

O% A*$' 13, 2""", S&%9o% M&%$'& O$ce e%t, b9 &, & 'ette, to co%) MCC I%-(t$&' S&'e

&%- S&%9o Se$8$@ o-e o 22" )et$c to% MTB o +ot o''e- t&$%'e tee' &--ee- to MCC@

)&%&e &%- Pe$-e%t o S&%9o Se$8$ St&$%'e Stee' Co*o&t$o% Geo9 C+&%. O% be+&' o t+e

co*o&t$o%, C+&%, &e%te- &%- &$e- +$ $%&t(e o% t+e co%o)e *ot$o% o t+e 'ette.

O% A*$' 1!, 2""", S&%9o% o5&-e- to MCC Po =o)& I%o$ce No. ST2POSTSO4"1

co%t&$%$% t+e te) &%- co%-$t$o% o t+e t&%&ct$o%. MCC e%t b&c8 b9 & to S&%9o% t+e

$%o$ce be&$% t+e co%o)$t9 $%&t(e o C+&%. A t&te- $% t+e *o o)& $%o$ce, *&9)e%t o t+e

o-ee- tee' *o-(ct 5o('- be )&-e t+o(+ &% $eoc&b'e 'ette o ce-$t LCB &t $+t $% &o o

S&%9o%. =o''o5$% t+e$ ((&' *&ct$ce, -e'$e9 o t+e oo- 5& to be )&-e &te t+e LC +&-

bee% o*e%e-. O% t+e &)e -&te, -(e to t+e &ct t+&t MCC co('- o%'9 o*e% & *&t$&' 'ette o ce-$t,

t+e o-e o 22"MT o tee' 5& *'$t $%to t5o, o%e o 11"MT &%- &%ot+e o 11"MT coee- b9 Po

=o)& I%o$ce No. ST2POSTS"4"11 &%- ST2POSTS"4"12 e*ect$e'9.

O% (%e 2", 2""", S&%9o%, t+o(+ $t M&%$'& O$ce, $%o)e- S&%9o Se$8$ &%- C+&%, b9 5&9

o & & t&%)$tt&', t+&t t&$%'e tee' o) oe& 5& e&-9 to +$* to t+e P+$'$**$%e. It e;(ete-t+&t t+e o*e%$% o t+e LC be &c$'$t&te-. C+&% &$e- +$ $%&t(e o% t+e & t&%)$tt&' &%-

et(%e- t+e &)e, b9 &, to S&%9o%. T+e $t LC coe$% *&9)e%t o 1""MT o t&$%'e

tee' co$' (%-e Po =o)& I%o$ce No. ST2POSTS"#"2 5& o*e%e-. T+e oo- coee- b9 t+e

&$- $%o$ce 5ee t+e% +$**e- to &%- ece$e- b9 MCC. /(t, o t+e eco%- LC, MCC e(e- to

o*e% $t t+&t e('te- to t+e $'$% o c$$' &ct$o% b9 SS&%9o% o -&)&e -(e to be&c+ o co%t&ct.


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Ate S&%9o% ete- $t c&e, MCC $'e- & De)(e to E$-e%ce, &''e$% t+&t e*o%-e%t

&$'e- to *ee%t t+e o$$%&' co*$e o t+e *o o)& $%o$ce o% 5+$c+ t+e c$$' &ct$o% 5& b&e-.

T+e co(t -e%$e- t+e -e)(e, ('$% t+&t t+e -oc()e%t&9 e$-e%ce $ &-)$$b'e *((&%t to RA

#!2 &%- t+&t bot+ tet$)o%$&' &%- -oc()e%t&9 e$-e%ce te%-e- to (bt&%t$&te t+e )&te$&'

&''e&t$o% $% t+e co)*'&$%t, ($ce o t+e *(*oe o *$)& &c$e c&e. O% &**e&' to t+e CA, t+e

&**e''&te co(t &$)e- t+e ('$% o t+e t$&' co(t &%- ('e- t+&t t+e Po =o)& $%o$ce 5ee

&-)$$b'e $% e$-e%ce , &'t+o(+ t+e9 5ee )ee &c$)$'e *$%to(t o t+e tee' o-e.

Issue:

>+et+e o %ot t+e *$%t o(t &%-o *+otoco*$e o &c$)$'e t&%)$$o% &e e'ecto%$c e$-e%ce

&%- &-)$$b'e & (c+.

Held:

I% &% o-$%&9 &c$)$'e t&%)$$o%, t+ee e$t &% o$$%&' *&*eb&e- $%o)&t$o% o -&t& t+&t

$ c&%%e-, e%t t+o(+ & *+o%e '$%e, &%- e*$%te- &t t+e ece$$% e%-. =(t+e, $% & $t(&' o

*&*e'e e%$o%)e%t, tec+%$c&''9, t+ee $ %o o$$%&' co*9 to *e&8 o, & &'' -$ect *$%to(t o t+e

$t(&' e&'$t9 &e t+e &)e, $% &'' e*ect, &%- &e co%$-ee- & o$$%&'. I%e'(ct&b'9, t+e '&5@

-e$%$t$o% o Fe'ecto%$c -&t& )e&e,F 5+$c+, & &oe&$-, $ $%tec+&%e&b'e 5$t+ Fe'ecto%$c

-oc()e%t,F co('- %ot +&e $%c'(-e- &c$)$'e t&%)$$o%, 5+$c+ +&e &% o$$%&' *&*eb&e-

co*9 & e%t &%- & *&*eb&e- &c$)$'e co*9 & ece$e-. T+ee t5o co*$e &e -$t$%ct o) e&c+

ot+e, &%- +&e -$ee%t 'e&' eect.

T+e te) Fe'ecto%$c -&t& )e&eF &%- Fe'ecto%$c -oc()e%t,F & -e$%e- (%-e t+e E'ecto%$c

Co))ece Act o 2""", -o %ot $%c'(-e & &c$)$'e t&%)$$o%. Acco-$%'9, & &c$)$'e

t&%)$$o% c&%%ot be co%$-ee- & e'ecto%$c e$-e%ce. It $ %ot t+e (%ct$o%&' e;($&'e%t o &%

o$$%&' (%-e t+e /et E$-e%ce R('e &%- $ %ot &-)$$b'e & e'ecto%$c e$-e%ce.

S$%ce & &c$)$'e t&%)$$o% $ %ot &% Fe'ecto%$c -&t& )e&eF o &% Fe'ecto%$c -oc()e%t,F &%-c&%%ot be co%$-ee- & e'ecto%$c e$-e%ce b9 t+e Co(t, 5$t+ e&te e&o% $ & *+otoco*9 o

(c+ & & t&%)$$o% %ot e'ecto%$c e$-e%ce. e%ce, t+e S(*e)e co(t +e'- t+&t Po =o)&

I%o$ce &e )ee *+otoco*$e o t+e o$$%&' & t&%)$tt&' &%- %ot e'ecto%$c e$-e%ce, co%t&9

to t+e *o$t$o% o bot+ t+e t$&' &%- t+e &**e''&te co(t.

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