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Fernando Go Vs. Michael Tan And Lolita Tan

FERNANDO GO, petitioner, vs. MICHAEL TAN and LOLITA TAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 130330 | 2003-09-26

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

Procedural rules are intended to aid the courts in the dispensation of justice. Hence, when a stringent application of those rules would thwart, rather than promote substantial rights of litigants, the Court is allowed to exempt certain cases from its operation. This is one such case.

This is a petition for review on certiorari assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated November 29, 1996 in CA-G.R. CV No. 36929, which affirmed with modification the Decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 96, Quezon City, in Civil Case No. Q-91-10552, "Michael Tan and Lolita Tan vs. Fernando Go,...