Fortunado v. CA GR No. 78556; 21 April 1991; Cruz, J. DOCTRINE (from Campos p. 546) ! "as# "as# of r#$#m r#$#mp%i p%io! o! of prop# prop#r%& r%& sol$ sol$ u!$#r u!$#r #'#"u #'#"u%io %io!, !, a %#!$#r %#!$#r of pa&m#! pa&m#!%% i%i i%i! ! %# %# pr#s pr#s"r "ri* i*#$ #$ p#ri p#rio$ o$,, of %# %# r#$#m #$#mp% p%io io! ! pri" pri"# # *& "#" "#"+ + i" i" as as a""# a""#p% p%#$ #$ *& %# %# s#r s#ri i,, "o!s%i%u%#s -ali$ #'#r"is# of r#$#mp%io!, i%ou% pr#u$i"# %o %# a"%ual pa&m#!% of %# pur"as# pri"#. R#$#mp%io! is a ri/% a!$ !o% a! o*li/a%io!, a!$ %us !o% "o-#r#$ *& Ar%. 1249, CC. FACTS 0 ! Ap Apri rill 21, 21, 19 1981 81,, R RC03C C03C r#! r#!$# $#rr#$ u$/ u$/m# m#!% !% i! a "i"i-il il "as# "as# #!%i #!%i%l %l#$ #$ Alfaro Fortunado v. Angel Bautista or$#ri!/ Bautista or$#ri!/ %# $#f#!$a!% (au%is%a) %o pa& $ama/#s %o %# plai!%i. ursua!% %o %# u$/m#!%, %# r#spo!$#!% s#ri l#-i#$ upo! %o par"#ls of la!$ r#/is%#r#$ i! %# !am# of au%is%a. # s#"o!$ lo% a$ alr#a$& *##! pur"as#$ pur"as#$ *& r#spo!$#!% r#spo!$#!% Na%io!al %##l Corpora%io! (NC) *u% a$ !o% &#% *##! r#/is%#r#$. •
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# # lo%s lo%s #r #r# # sol$ sol$ a% a% a pu*l pu*li" i" au" au"%i %io! o! %o %o %# %# p#%i p#%i%i %io! o!#r #rs s as %# %# o!l o!l& & *i$$ *i$$#r #r.. #& #& #r #r# # issu#$ a "#r%i"a%# of sal#.
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! Ja! Ja! 1, 1, 198 1985, 5, NC NC /a/a-# # !o%i !o%i"# "# %o %o %# %# s#r s#ri i of of i%s i%s i!%# i!%#!% !%io io! ! %o r#$ r#$## ##m m %# %# s#"o s#"o!$ !$ lo% lo%.. # s#ri su//#s%#$ %a% *o% lo%s soul$ *# r#$##m#$ as %# %o lo%s #r# sol$ for a lump sum pri"# of 267,1.
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! :# :#* 11 11, 1 19 985, N NC l l#$ i i% % %# %r %rial " "o our% a! a! Urgent Motion to Redeem *o% lo%s. is as oppos#$ *& %# p#%i%io!#rs o! %# /rou!$ %a% %# mo-a!% $i$ !o% a-# p#rso!ali%& %o i!%#r-#!#.
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As % %# p#r p#rio io$ $ of of r#$ r#$#m #mp% p%iio! oul oul$ $ #'p #'pir ir# # o! o! Apr April il 18, 198 985, 5, NSC issued to the sherif on March 20, 1985, a PNB check in the amount o P296,8!"! as the redem#tion #rice for %# s#"o!$ lo%. $he sherif ackno%&ed'ed recei#t o the same check" ! ar" 21, 1985, au%is%a s#!% %# s#ri a Letter *#ari!/ NC# issu#$ a "#r%i"a%# of r#$#mp%io! %# !#'% $a& i! fa-or of NC a!$ au%is%a. •
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! a! a! ?r/# ?r/#!% !% o% o%io io!, !, au au%i %is% s%a a pra pra&# &#$ $ %a% %a% %# %# sum sum "o-#r "o-#r#$ #$ *& *& %# %# N N "# "#"+ "+ *# *# $#l $#lii-#r #r#$ #$ a!$ +#p% *& %# Cl#r+ of Cour% of %# RC03C u!%il su" %im# as all i!"i$#!%s r#la%i-# %o %# -ali$i%& of %# au"%io! sal# "o!$u"%#$ *& %# s#ri #r# !all& r#sol-#$.
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?po! ?po! *#i *#i!/ !/ !o% !o%i i#$ #$ of of %# %# sai$ sai$ $#p $#pos osi% i%,, %# %# "ou! "ou!s# s#ll for for %# %# p#%i p#%i%i %io! o!#r #rs s %ol$ %ol$ %# %# s# s#ri ri %a% %a% # as r##"%i!/ %# "#"+ *#"aus# i% as !o% l#/al %#!$#r a!$ as !o% i!%#!$#$ for pa&m#!% *u% m#r#l& for $#posi% as #-i$#!"#$ *& au%is%a
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# p#% p#%ii%io %io!#r !#r r#@u r#@u#s #s%# %#$ $ %# %# s#r s#ri i %o %o iss issu# a !al !al $##$ $##$ of of sal sal# o-#r o-#r % %# %o %o lo%s lo%s a! a!$ $#li-#r %# sam# %o %#m o! %# /rou!$ %a% !o -ali$ r#$#mp%io! a$ *##! ##"%#$ i%i! %# 120m 12 0mo! o!% % p#ri p#rio$ o$ from from %# %# r#/is #/is%r %ra% a%io io! ! of %# %# sal# sal#.. #! #! %# %# r#@u# #@u#s% s% as as !o% !o% /ra! /ra!%# %#$, $, p#%i%io!#rs l#$ i% %# CA a #%i%io! for a!$amus. 1
#%i%io!#rs ar/u#$ %a% Ar%. 1249 , CC as appli"a*l# %o r#$#mp%io! u!$#r Rul# 9, #"%io! , RC i!"# %# "#"+ issu#$ *& NC is !o% l#/al %#!$#r, i% "oul$ !o% *# "o!si$#r#$ pa&m#!% of %# r#$#mp%io! pri"#. •
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%a% Ar%. 1249 as appli"a*l# i! "as#s of r#$#mp%io! R#i%#ra%#$ %a% s#%%l#$ urispru$#!"# %a% %# ri/% of r#$#mp%io! is !o% a! o*li/a%io! !or is i% i!%#!$#$ %o $is"ar/# a pr#0#'is%i!/ $#*%, %# ri/% of r#$#mp%io! *#i!/ i! fa"% a pri-il#/# Ci%#$ Javellana v. Mirasol a!$ rul#$ %a% %# r#$#mp%io! as !o% r#!$#r#$ i!-ali$ *& %# fa"% %a% %# o="#r a""#p%#$ a "#"+ for %# amou!% !#"#ssar& %o ma+# a r#$#mp%io! i!s%#a$ of r#@uiri!/ pa&m#!% of mo!#&. •
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#%i%io!#rs l#$ a! App#al *& C#r%iorari.
ISSUE: WN redem!tion "ad #een va$id$% e&e'ted #% !rivate res!ondents NSC and (autista D#s. )ELDB #%i%io! $#!i#$. CA E#"isio! a=rm#$. RATIO To$entino v. CA* 'iting +ave$$ana v. Miraso$* stresses t"e $i#era$it% o, t"e 'ourts in redem!tion 'ases. 0
# ri/% of r#$#mp%io! is a! a*solu%# pri-il#/#, %# #'#r"is# of i" is #!%ir#l& $#p#!$#!% upo! %# ill a!$ $is"r#%io! of %# r#$#mp%io!#rs. #r# is !o o*li/a%io! %o #'#r"is# %# r#$#mp%io!.
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f %# r#$#mp%io!#rs "oos# %o #'#r"is# %#ir ri/%, i% is %# poli"& of %# la %o ai$ ra%#r %a! $#f#a% %# ri/% of r#$#mp%io!. % soul$ *# loo+#$ upo! i% fa-or a!$ #r# !o i!ur& is %o follo, a li*#ral "o!s%ru"%io! ill *# /i-#! %o our r#$#mp%io! las as #ll as %o %# #'#r"is# of %# ri/% of r#$#mp%io!.
Redem!tion is not rendered inva$id #% ,a't t"at t"e o-'er a''e!ted a '"e' ,or t"e amount ne'essar% to mae t"e redem!tion instead o, re/uiring !a%ment in mone%. 0
f # a$ s##! % %o $o so, %# o="#r "oul$ a-# r#@uir#$ pa&m#!% %o *# ma$# i! laful mo!#&, a!$ # u!$ou*%#$l&, i! a""#p%i!/ a "#"+, pla"#$ ims#lf i! a posi%io! #r# "e 'ou$d #e $ia#$e %o %# pur"as#r a% %# pu*li" au"%io! if a!& $ama/# a$ *##! su#r#$ *& %# la%%#r as a r#sul% of %# m#$ium i! i" pa&m#!% as ma$#.
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Fali$i%& of pa&m#!% is !o% a#"%#$. # "#"+ as a m#$ium of pa&m#!% i! "omm#r"ial %ra!sa"%io! is %oo rml& #s%a*lis#$ *& usa/# %o p#rmi% of a!& $ou*% upo! %is poi!% a% %# pr#s#!% $a&.
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>#r#, al%ou/ %# pri-a%# r#spo!$#!%s $i$ !o% l# a r#$#mp%io! "as#, a/ai!s% %# p#%i%io!#rs, i% soul$ *# !o%#$ r#spo!$#!% NC l#$ a! ?r/#!% o%io! for R#$#mp%io! $a%#$ :#* 11, 1985, a!$ au%is%a l#$ a! ?r/#!% o%io! (%o E#posi% R#$#mp%io! o!#& i% 3C Cl#r+ of Cour%) $a%#$ ar" 27, 1985. # mo%io!s #r# #ll i%i! %# r#$#mp%io! p#rio$.
Minor issue: WN (autista0s $etter 1"ere "e made "is redem!tion su#2e't to t"e reservation 3t"at it s"a$$ not #e taen to mean "is a'no1$edgement to t"e va$idit% o, 1
Ar%. 1249. # pa&m#!% of $#*%s i! mo!#& sall *# i! %# "urr#!"& s%ipula%#$, a!$ if i% is !o% possi*l# %o $#li-#r su" "urr#!"&, %#! i! %# "urr#!"& i" is %# l#/al %#!$#r of %# ilippi!#s. '''
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t"e 1rit o, e4e'ution and sa$e or as 1aiver o, an% $ega$ remedies avai$a#$e to "im5 is va$id D#s, i% is -ali$. 0
>a$ # !o% ma$# %# r#s#r-a%io!, #s%opp#l mi/% a-# op#ra%#$ a/ai!s% im si!"# r#$#mp%io! is a! impli#$ a$missio! of %# r#/ulari%& of %# sal#.
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! @u#s%io!i!/ %# ri% of #'#"u%io! a!$ sal# a!$ a% %# sam# %im# r#$##mi!/ is prop#r%&, au%is%a as #'#r"isi!/ al%#r!a%i-# r#li#fs. # ri/% of r#$#mp%io! is ala&s "o!si$#r#$ "ompa%i*l# i% o!#rsip, a!$ o!# o fails %o o*%ai! r#li#f i! %# s#!s# of a*solu%# o!#r ma& su""#ssfull& ass#r% %# o%#r ri/%.
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# $#"isio! $o#s !o% sa!"%io! us# of "#"+ for pa&m#!% of o*li/a%io!s o-#r %# o*#"%io! of %# "r#$i%or.
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# $#"isio! ol$s %a% a "#"+ ma& *# us#$ for %# #'#r"is# of %# ri/% of r#$#mp%io!, %# sam# *#i!/ a ri/% a!$ !o% a! o*li/a%io!. # tender o a check is su(cient to com#e& redem#tion *u% is not itse$, a !a%ment %a% r#li#-#s %# r#$#mp%io!#r from is lia*ili%& %o pa& %# r#$#mp%io! pri"#.
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us, pri-a%# r#spo!$#!%s prop#rl& #'#r"is#$ %#ir ri/% of r#$#mp%io!. >o#-#r, %#& r#mai! lia*l# for %# pa&m#!% of %# r#$#mp%io! pri"#.
