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UST vs CA and Priscilla Tiongco Canicosa

UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS, Petitioner, versus COURT OF APPEALS AND PRISCILLA TIONGCO CANICOSA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 124250 | 2004-10-18

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

   This petition for review on certiorari seeks to annul and set aside the decision[1] dated March 6, 1996 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 43248 which in turn affirmed the decision[2] dated December 21, 1992 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 50, in Civil Case No. R-82-6145. 

   Petitioner is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Philippines. It owns and operates the hospital known as the Santo Tomas University Hospital (STUH). On January 1, 1976, petitioner entered into an agreement, denominated as "Indenture of Lease," with Dr. Librado...