G.R. No. 130330 - FERNANDO GO, VS. MICHAEL TAN AND LOLITA TAN. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby partially rendered for the plaintiffs ordering defendant Fernando L. Go: To maintain his lessee, plaintiff Michael Tan, in the peaceful and adequate enjoyment of the leased premises for the entire duration of their contract, subject to the terms and provisions of the contract of lease (Exh. B); Ordering defendant Fernando L. Go to desist from committing any further act or entering into any further scheme aimed at ousting the plaintiff from their peaceful possession of the premises in contravention of the contract of lease (Exh. B); Commanding defendant Fernando L. Go to return to the plaintiffs the total sum of P171,000.00, representing the rentals collected in advance, plus interest at the legal rate to be reckoned from filing of the complaint up to full payment, less such amounts necessary to be applied as rentals for the months of September, October, November and December, 1991, and January, 1992, unless already paid for by plaintiffs; Sentencing defendant Fernando L. Go to pay to the plaintiffs actual damages of P200,000.00; moral damages of P100,000.00; and exemplary damages of P50,000.00; Ordering defendant Fernando L. Go to pay attorney's fees in the amount of P50,000.00; and Ordering defendant Fernando L. Go to pay costs of suit. "SO ORDERED.