Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
IN THIS CASE, respondents failed to allege and prove, in the trial court, that, as a PETITION GRANTED.
matter of business usage, habit or pattern of conduct, XEI granted all lot buyers CA REVERSED AND SET ASIDE.
the right to pay the balance of the purchase price in installments of 120 months
of fixed amounts with pre-computed interests, and that XEI and the respondents
had intended to adopt such terms of payment relative to the sale of the two lots
in question.
Respondents adduced in evidence the 3 contracts of conditional sale
executed by XEI and other lot buyers merely to prove that XEI continued to
sell lots in the subdivision as sales agent of OBM after it acquired said lots,
not to prove usage, habit or pattern of conduct on the part of XEI to
require all lot buyers in the subdivision to pay the balance of the
purchase price of said lots in 120 months.
Habit, custom, usage or pattern of conduct must be proved like any other
facts. Courts must contend with the caveat that, before they admit evidence
of usage, of habit or pattern of conduct, the offering party must establish the
degree of specificity and frequency of uniform response that ensures more