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G.R. No. 123553. July 13, 1998.
(CA-G.R. No. 33291)
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* FIRST DIVISION.
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BELLOSILLO, J.:
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These twin cases originated from a derivative suit filed
bypetitioner Nora A. Bitong before the Securities and
Exchange
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1 The derivative suit, docketed as SEC Case No. 03604, was commenced
on 5 July 1989 through a petition for injunction, accounting and damages
with prayer for the appointment of a man-
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I. THE PARTIES
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V. AFFIRMATIVE ALLEGATIONS/DEFENSES
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7 Almer v. Hobart Corp. (Mo App) 849 SW2d 135, CCH Prod Liab Rep
13550 cited in 29A Am Jur 2d, p. 137.
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legal right and option not to elevate the same to the SEC
En Banc but rather to await the decision which resolves all
the issues raised by the parties and to appeal therefrom by
assigning all errors that might have been committed by the
Hearing Panel.
On the other hand, the 3 August 1993 Decision of the
Hearing Panel dismissing the derivative suit for failure to
prove the charges of mismanagement, fraud, disloyalty and
conflict of interest and dissolving the writ of preliminary
injunction, was favorable to private respondents. Hence,
they were not expected to appeal therefrom.
In fact, in the 3 August 1993 Decision, the Hearing
Panel categorically stated that the evidence presented
showed that the real party-in-interest was not petitioner
Bitong but JAKA and/or Senator Enrile. Petitioner was
merely allowed to prosecute her complaint so as not to
sidetrack “the real issue to be resolved (which) was the
allegation of mismanagement, fraud and conflict of interest
allegedly committed by respondent Eugenia D. Apostol.” It
was only for this reason that petitioner was considered to
be capacitated and competent to file the petition.
Accordingly, with the dismissal of the complaint of
petitioner against private respondents, there was no
compelling reason for the latter to appeal to the SEC En
Banc. It was in fact petitioner’s turn as the aggrieved party
to exercise her right to appeal from the decision. It is
worthy to note that even during the appeal of petitioner
before the SEC En Banc
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was recorded in the Stock and Transfer Book of Mr. & Ms.
She invokes Sec. 63 of The Corporation Code which
provides that no transfer shall be valid except as between
the parties until the transfer is recorded in the books of the
corporation, and upon its recording the corporation is
bound by it and is estopped to deny the fact of transfer of
said shares. Petitioner alleges that even in the absence of a
stock certificate, a stockholder solely on the strength of the
recording in the stock and transfer book can exercise all the
rights as stockholder, including the right to file a derivative
suit in the name of the corporation. And, she need not
present a separate deed of sale or transfer in her favor to
prove ownership of stock.
Section 63 of The Corporation Code expressly provides—
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15 Id., p. 707.
16 See Note 13, p. 5765.
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17 Id., p. 5774.
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25 Lopez, Rosario, The Corporation Code of the Philippines, vol. II, 1994
ed., p. 824.
26 TSN, 20 August 1990, pp. 31-34.
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