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Security Bank vs CA, Sps Agustin and Pacita Tang Sioc Ten, Domi

SECURITY BANK CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, SPOUSES AGUSTIN P. UY and PACITA TANG* SIOC TEN, DOMINGO UY, and Hon. PRUDENCIO A. CASTILLO JR. in his capacity as presiding judge of the Quezon City RTC (Branch 220), respondents. [Sometimes spelled "Teng" or "Tong" in the records.]

G.R. No. 135874 | 2000-01-25

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Litigation should not be carried on in the dark. Courts are given great latitude in enabling the parties to inform themselves of all relevant facts, including those known only to their adversaries. For this reason, the rules on discovery are accorded broad and liberal interpretation.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari assailing the July 8, 1998 Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA),1 Penned by J. Salome A. Montoya, division chairman; with the concurrence of JJ Conchita Carpio Morales and Bernardo P. Abesamis, members.] which affirmed the trial court's grant of the Motions, filed...