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Municipality of Tiwi vs. Betito

MUNICIPALITY OF TIWI, represented by Hon. Mayor JAIME C. VILLANUEVA and the SANGGUNIANG BAYAN of TIWI, Petitioners, versus ANTONIO B. BETITO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 171873 | 2010-07-09

D E C I S I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

A judgment on the pleadings is proper when the answer admits all the material averments of the complaint. But where several issues are properly tendered by the answer, a trial on the merits must be resorted to in order to afford each party his day in court.

This Petition for Review on Certiorari seeks to reverse and set aside the Court of Appeal's (CA) October 19, 2005 Decision[1] in CA G.R. CV No. 79057, which affirmed the March 3, 2001 Partial Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City, Branch 96 in Civil Case No. Q-99-39370, and the March 10, 2006 Resolution[3] denying...