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Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation vs. John Bordman Ltd. of Iloilo, Inc

PILIPINAS SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus JOHN BORDMAN LTD. OF ILOILO, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 159831 | 2005-10-14

D E C I S I O N 


PANGANIBAN, J.: 

Deeply imbedded in our jurisprudence is the doctrine that the factual findings of the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming those of the trial court are, subject to some exceptions, binding upon this Court. Otherwise stated, only questions of law, not of facts, may be raised before this Court in petitions for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court. Nonetheless, in the interest of substantial justice, the Court delved into both the factual and the legal issues raised in the present case and found no reason to overturn the CA's main Decision. Furthermore, under the peculiar factual circumstances of...