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Vlason Enterprises vs. Court Of Appeals [DECISION]

VLASON ENTERPRISES CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and DURAPROOF SERVICES, represented by its General Manager, Cesar Urbino Sr., respondents.

G.R. Nos. 121662-64 | 1999-07-06

D E C I S I O N
 
PANGANIBAN, J.:
 
Summons to a domestic or resident corporation should be served on officers, agents or employees, who are responsible enough to warrant the presumption that they will transmit to the corporation notice of the filing of the action against it. Rules on the service of motions should be liberally construed in order to promote the ends of substantial justice. A rigid application that will result in the manifest injustice should be avoided. A default judgment against several defendants cannot affect the rights of one who was never declared in default. In any event, such judgment cannot include an award...