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Chavez vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

TEODORO I. CHAVEZ, Petitioner, versus HON. COURT OF APPEALS and JACINTO S. TRILLANA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 159411 | 2005-03-18

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
PUNO, J.: 
 
      Assailed in this petition for review is the Decision dated April 2, 2003[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 59023[2] which modified the Decision dated December 15, 1997 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Valenzuela City, Branch 172, in Civil Case No. 5139-V-97, as well as its Resolution dated August 8, 2003[3] which denied petitioner's motion for reconsideration. 
 
The antecedent facts are as follows: 
 
     In October 1994, petitioner Teodoro Chavez and respondent Jacinto Trillana entered into a contract of lease[4]...