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Momarco Import Corp. vs. Villamena

MOMARCO IMPORT COMPANY, INC., Petitioner vs. FELICIDAD VILLAMENA, Respondent. Present: SERENO, C.J, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BERSAMIN, PERLAS-BERNABE, and CAGUIOA,JJ

G.R. No. 192477 | 2016-07-27

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
A default judgment is frowned upon because of the policy of the law to hear every litigated case on the merits. But the default judgment wijl not be vacated unless the defendant satisfactorily explains the failure to file the answer, and shows that it has a meritorious defense.
 
The Case
 
Under challenge by the petitioner is the affirmance on January 14, 2010 by the Court of Appeals (CA)1 of the trial court's default judgment rendered against it on August 23, 1999 in Civil Case No. C-18066 by the Regional Trial...