EDSA Shangrila v BF FACTS: In the first petition, docketed as G.R. No. 14584 , petitioners !

dsa Shan"ri#$a %ote$ and Resort, Inc. &!S%RI', R(fo ). Co$a*co, R(fino +. Sa,anie"o, -(ok -hoon Chen, and -(ok -hoon Tsen assai$ the .ecision 1 dated No/e,0er 1 , 1111 of the CA in CA#G.R. C2 No. 53411, affir,in" the .ecision dated Septe,0er 4, 1115 of the Re"iona$ Tria$ Co(rt &RTC', )ranch 15 in 6asi" Cit* in Ci/i$ Case No. 54445 that ordered the, to pa* 7oint$* and se/era$$* respondent )F Corporation &)F' a s(, of ,one* 8ith interests and da,a"es. The* a$so assai$ the CA Reso$(tion dated 9cto0er 5, ::: 8hich, apart fro, settin" aside an ear$ier Reso$(tion 4 of A("(st 14, 1111 "rantin" !S%RI;s app$ication for restit(tion and da,a"es a"ainst 0ond, affir,ed the aforesaid Septe,0er 4, 1115 RTC .ecision. ISS<!: A.=ISSI)I+IT> 9F 6%9T9C96> %!+.: 6etitioners fa($t the CA, and necessari$* the tria$ co(rt, on the ,atter of the ad,ission in e/idence of the photocopies of 6ro"ress )i$$in" Nos. 14 to 11 and the co,p$e,entin" 6=Is and the ?29s. Accordin" to petitioners, )F, 0efore 0ein" a$$o8ed to add(ce in e/idence the photocopies ad/erted to, o("ht to ha/e $aid the 0asis for the presentation of the photocopies as secondar* e/idence, confor,a0$* to the 0est e/idence r($e. Respondent )F, on the other hand, a/ers ha/in" co,p$ied 8ith the $a*in"#the#0asis re@(ire,ent. .efendin" the action of the co(rts 0e$o8 in ad,ittin" into e/idence the photocopies of the doc(,ents afore,entioned, )F eAp$ained that it co($d not present the ori"ina$ of the doc(,ents since the* 8ere in the possession of !S%RI 8hich ref(sed to hand the, o/er to )F despite re@(ests. cS!a.A ?e a"ree 8ith )F. The on$* act(a$ r($e that the ter, B0est e/idenceB denotes is the r($e re@(irin" that the ori"ina$ of a 8ritin" ,(st, as a "enera$ proposition, 0e prod(ced 13 and secondar* e/idence of its contents is not ad,issi0$e eAcept 8here the ori"ina$ cannot 0e had. R($e 14:, Section 4 of the R($es of Co(rt en(nciates the 0est e/idence r($e: S!C. 4. 9ri"ina$ doc(,ent ,(st 0e prod(cedC eAceptions. D ?hen the s(07ect of in@(ir* is the contents of a doc(,ent, no e/idence sha$$ 0e ad,issi0$e other than the ori"ina$ doc(,ent itse$f, eAcept in the fo$$o8in" cases: &a' ?hen the ori"ina$ has 0een $ost or destro*ed, or cannot 0e prod(ced in co(rt, 8itho(t 0ad faith on the part of the offerorC &0' ?hen the ori"ina$ is in the c(stod* or (nder the contro$ of the part* a"ainst 8ho, the e/idence is offered, and the $atter fai$s to prod(ce it after reasona0$e noticeC &!,phasis added.' Co,p$e,entin" the a0o/e pro/ision is Sec. 5 of R($e 14:, 8hich reads: S!C. 5. ?hen ori"ina$ doc(,ent is in ad/erse part*;s c(stod* or contro$. D If the doc(,ent is in the c(stod* or (nder contro$ of the ad/erse part*, he ,(st ha/e reasona0$e notice to prod(ce it. If after s(ch notice and after satisfactor* proof of its eAistence, he fai$s to prod(ce the doc(,ent, secondar* e/idence ,a* 0e presented as in the case of $oss. Secondar* e/idence of the contents of a 8ritten instr(,ent or doc(,ent refers to e/idence other than the ori"ina$ instr(,ent or doc(,ent itse$f. 18 A part* ,a* present secondar* e/idence of the contents of a 8ritin" not on$* 8hen the ori"ina$ is $ost or destro*ed, 0(t a$so 8hen it is in the c(stod* or (nder the contro$ of the ad/erse part*. In either instance, ho8e/er, certain eAp$anations ,(st 0e "i/en 0efore a part* can resort to secondar* e/idence.