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Francisco Motors Corp. vs. Court of Appeals.

FRANCISCO MOTORS CORP., Petitioner, versus HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND ANTONIO RAQUIZA, Respondents.

G.R. Nos. 117622-23 | 2006-10-23

THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
VELASCO, JR., J.:
 
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
-- former US Chief Justice Earl Warren
 
The Court, at times, bends in its regimen of strictly enforcing its own rules and issuances when technicalities would becloud the serving of equity and fairness--especially when protracted litigation ensues and such prolonged dispute bars litigants from having a genuine day in court. However, protracted litigation, which by its nature puts the odds against a party, should not be a bar to discovering the truth and ruling on the merits of a case. 
 
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