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Paquito Buaya vs Stronghold Insurance Co., Inc.

PAQUITO BUAYA, petitioner, vs. STRONGHOLD INSURANCE CO., Inc., respondent.

G.R. No. 139020 | 2000-10-11

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Courts are duty-bound to put an end to controversies. Any attempt to prolong, resurrect or juggle them should be firmly struck down. The system of judicial review should not be misused and abused to evade the operation of final and executory judgments. Moreover, the remand of a case does not nullify the entire proceedings. It merely authorizes the trial court to receive additional evidence, not to conduct a trial de novo.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari of the August 28, 1998 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR CV No. 52999, dismissing Petitioner Paquito Buaya's...