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Jesus D. Morales, et al. vs CA, et al.

JESUS D. MORALES and CAROLINA NUQUI, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS, ISAAC OLIVA, MILAGROS OLIVA-OBUYES, ANTONIA OLIVA-OLEO, DANILO OLIVA and ROBERTO OLIVA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 112140 | 2005-06-23

D E C I S I O N 


Tinga, J.: 

The rules of procedure should not be viewed as a self-contained celebration of ritual, but rather as a means to vindicate rights and establish justice. The higher goals of the Rules of Court to secure a just, speedy and inexpensive disposition of every action and proceeding should forebear every resolution of a procedural question. The subject litigation is the sort of case where the correct, just and obvious legal solution is enmeshed behind a procedural thicket attributable to several factors. We grant the petition to render effective relief to the prevailing party in accordance with the applicable...