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Posadas-Moya and Associates Const vs Greenfield Dev Corp, et al

POSADAS-MOYA and ASSOCIATES CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., petitioner, vs. GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, JARDINE LAND, INC. and CASTLETON PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 141115 | 2003-06-10

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Dismissals based on pure technicalities should be avoided when the parties have substantially complied with the Rules. When a petition presents prima facie allegations of errors committed by a lower tribunal, the reviewing court should, as much as practicable, endeavor to decide the case on its merits.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the October 29, 1999 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 55051. The assailed Resolution reads:

"This Court resolved to DISMISS the above-entitled petition for failure on the part of the...