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2003-04-30 |
SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J. |
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| Anent the issue of damages, petitioners are still not liable because, as expressly provided for in Article 2199 of the Civil Code,[43] actual or compensatory damages cannot be presumed, but must be proved with reasonable degree of certainty. A court cannot rely on speculations, conjectures, or guesswork as to the fact and amount of damages, but must depend upon competent proof that they have been suffered by the injured party and on the best obtainable evidence of the actual amount thereof. It must point out specific facts which could afford a basis for measuring whatever compensatory or actual damages are borne.[44] | |||||