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Dr. Melanio Malicdem, et al. vs. Romeo Flores.

DR. MELANIO MALICDEM and ROY C. FERRER,* Petitioners, versus ROMEO FLORES,** Respondent.

G.R. No. 151001 | 2006-09-08

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CORONA, J.: 
 
On August 3, 1993, Dr. Apolinario G. Bautista, the former dean of Pangasinan State University (PSU),[1] entered into a "contract of agreement"[2] with respondent Romeo Flores and a certain Francisco Lotivio. In the contract, Dr. Bautista, as PSU's representative, allowed them to lease the canteen building and general merchandise store for a monthly rental of P1,200. The contract also obligated them to "shoulder in advance the cost of the required repair/renovation of the said building."[3] The P1,200 rent was to be deducted from the cost of the...