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Alonzo vs. IAC and Padua

CARLOS ALONZO and CASIMIRA ALONZO, petitioners, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and TECLA PADUA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-72873 | 1987-05-28

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N

CRUZ, J.:

The question is sometimes asked, in serious inquiry or in curious conjecture, whether we are a court of law or a court of justice. Do we apply the law even if it is unjust or do we administer justice even against the law? Thus queried, we do not equivocate. The answer is that we do neither because we are a court both of law and of justice. We apply the law with justice for that is our mission and purpose in the scheme of our Republic. This case is an illustration.

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