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Ramon A. Gonzales vs. Antonio V. Raquiza, etal.

RAMON A. GONZALES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. HON. ANTONIO V. RAQUIZA, as Secretary of Public Works and Communications; BALTAZAR AQUINO, as Commissioner of Public Highways; THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK (PNB), CONTINENTAL ORE (PHIL.), INC., HUBER CORPORATION, ALLIS-CHALMERS INTERNATIONAL and GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 29627 | 1989-12-19

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

This an appeal from the decision dated July 3, 1968 of the then Court of First Instance (CFI) of Manila in Civil Case No. 69345 dismissing plaintiff's suit to annul the One Hundred Thirty-Six (P136) Million Peso contracts entered into by the Republic of the Philippines with three (3) American corporations as well as the letters of credit issued thereunder and to restrain their enforcement.

The undisputed facts as found by the trial court are as follows:

On January 4, 1967, the defendant Commissioner of Public Highways in behalf of the Republic of the Philippines hereinafter referred to as Republic,...