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Intramuros Administration vs Yvette Contacto and Gregorio Luis Contacto III

INTRAMUROS ADMINISTRATION, petitioner, vs. yvette contacto and GREGORIO LUIS C. CONTACTO III, respondents.

G.R. No. 152576 | 2003-05-05

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

In its petition for review on certiorari in this case, petitioner Intramuros Administration seeks the review and reversal of the 28 February 2002 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 63815, which set aside the orders of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 9, in Civil Case No. 98-90835 and granted respondent's motion to dismiss on the ground of litis pendentia.

On 21 January 1993, the petitioner and respondent Yvette Contacto entered into a contract[1] for the lease of petitioner's premises known as "Cantinas de Aduana" (Cantinas) to the latter to establish a fastfood and restaurant...