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ALFREDO L. VILLAMOR, JR., PETITIONER, VS. HON. AMELIA C. MANALASTAS, PRESIDING JUDGE, RTC-PASIG CITY, BRANCH 268, AND LEONARDO S. UMALE [DECEASED] SUBSTITUTED BY HIS SPOUSE, CLARISSA VICTORIA UMALE, RESPONDENTS.

ALFREDO L. VILLAMOR, JR., PETITIONER, VS. HON. AMELIA C. MANALASTAS, PRESIDING JUDGE, RTC-PASIG CITY, BRANCH 268, AND LEONARDO S. UMALE [DECEASED] SUBSTITUTED BY HIS SPOUSE, CLARISSA VICTORIA UMALE, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 171247 | 2015-07-22

SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION

BRION, J.:

We resolve the present petition for review on certiorari[1] assailing the January 31, 2006 resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 91940.

Factual Antecedents
 
This case stemmed from the complaint[3] filed by Leonardo S. Umale[4] (respondent) against Alfredo L. Villamor, Jr. (petitioner) and others[5] with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig City. The complaint sought to compel the petitioner to account for, pay, and deliver to the respondent the rental payments allegedly in the petitioner's possession.[6]
 
The case was originally raffled to Branch 155 presided over...