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Lafarge Cement, et al vs Continental Cement, et al

LAFARGE CEMENT PHILIPPINES, INC., (formerly Lafarge Philippines, Inc.), LUZON CONTINENTAL LAND CORPORATION, CONTINENTAL OPERATING CORPORATION and PHILIP ROSEBERG, Petitioners, versus CONTINENTAL CEMENT CORPORATION, GREGORY T. LIM and ANTHONY A. MARIANO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 155173 | 2004-11-23

DECISION





PANGANIBAN, J.:





May defendants in civil cases implead in their counterclaims persons who were not parties to the original complaints? This is the main question to be answered in this controversy.



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* On leave.

The Case



Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to nullify the May 22, 2002[2] and the September 3, 2002 Orders[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City (Branch 80) in Civil Case No. Q-00-41103. The decretal portion of the first assailed Order reads:



"WHEREFORE, in the light of the foregoing as earlier stated, the plaintiff's motion...