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TEODORA L. VDA.

De Miranda and others, plaintiffs-appellants,


vs. Feliciano IMPERIAL IMPERIAL AND JUANA, defendants-appellees.
GR No. L-49090 February 28, 1947
FACTS: Defendants Feliciano and Juana Imperial barrowed from plaintiff Miranda the amount
of P1,000; that in consideration of this debt and to guarantee payment they executed verbal
antichresis in favor of the latter. In an action filed by Miranda against Imperial, the lower court in
deciding based its finding in the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeals in the case of Santa
Rosa vs. Noble. Obtaining a negative judgment, appellant has brought the present appeal
claiming that the court erred in applying the case of Santa Rosa vs. Noble alleging that cases
decided by the court of appeals does not constitute precedent and hence may not be applied in
deciding cases.
ISSUE: Whether the decisions of the Court of Appeals constitute precedents.
HELD: Only the decisions of Supreme Court establish jurisprudence or doctrines in the
jurisdiction. However, this does not prevent that a conclusion or pronouncement of the Court
of Appeals which covers a point of law still undecided in our jurisprudence may serve as
juridical guide to the inferior courts, and that such conclusion or pronouncement be raised as a
doctrine if, after it has been subjected to test in the crucible of analysis and revision, this
Supreme Court should find that it has merits and qualities sufficient for its consecration as a rule
of jurisprudence.

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