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Euro-Med Laboratories, Phil., Inc. vs. The Province of Batangas

EURO-MED LABORATORIES, PHIL., INC., represented by LEONARDO H. TORIBIO, Petitioner, versus THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, represented by its Governor, HON. HERMILANDO I. MANDANAS, Respondent.

G.R. No. 148106 | 2006-07-17

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CORONA, J.: 
 
Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari[1] assailing, on pure questions of law, the March 7 and May 16, 2001 orders of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Batangas City[2] in Civil Case No. 5300. 
 
Civil Case No. 5300 was a complaint for sum of money[3] filed by petitioner Euro-Med Laboratories, Phil., Inc. against respondent Province of Batangas. The pertinent portions of the complaint read: 
 
3. On several occasions, particularly from the period of 19 August 1992 to 11 August 1998, defendant [respondent here], thru its various...