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Asset Privatization Trust Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

ASSET PRIVATIZATION TRUST, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND JOHANNESBURG PACKAGING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 103277 | 1994-02-03

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

Once more, a simple case of unlawful detainer subject of our rules on summary procedure has to take the precious time of this court thru the parties' legal legerdemain. Worse, the protracted litigation has locked in valuable assets of the government worth more than P100 Million which otherwise could have been used to meet many of our economic problems. It is the function of law to be an effective medium of our economic growth. Any effort to use the technicalities of our laws and procedure to frustrate this function will be struck down.

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision 1 of the First...