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Phil Natl Const Corp vs Mars Construction Enterprises

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. MARS CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES, INC., respondent.

G.R. No. 133909 | 2000-02-15

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Unilateral rescission of a contract is subject to judicial determination. Contractual stipulations should be interpreted together. Ambiguous ones should be construed to conform to the sense that would result when all the provisions are comprehended jointly. Moreover, doubts should be settled in favor of the greatest reciprocity of interests.

The Case

Before the Court is a Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking the reversal of the May 20, 1998 Decision of the Court of Appeals1 [First Division composed of J. Portia Aliño-Hormachuelos, ponente; JJ Arturo B. Buena (now a...