The Hashim Commercial & Trading Co. v. Piaco

This is a civil case involving The Hashim Commercial & Trading Co. as the plaintiff and Serafin Uy Piaco as the defendant. Piaco, who represented himself, appealed the lower court's decision in his favor, but the Supreme Court found the appeal to be frivolous. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's decision and imposed treble costs on Piaco to discourage frivolous appeals. The decision was made unanimously by the Justice Malcolm and concurred by Araullo, C. J., Villamor, Ostrand, Johns, and Romualdez JJ.