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MERALCO vs CA, Metro Concast Steel Corp

MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and METRO CONCAST STEEL CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 108301 | 2001-07-11

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Basic is the general rule that the factual findings of the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming those of the trial court are binding on this Court. A factual review, however, may be proper in case such appellate findings reverse those of the court below. In the present case we hold that the CA committed no reversible error in differing from the findings of fact of the regional trial court (RTC).

Statement of the Case

Before this Court are two consolidated Petitions for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court. The Petition in GR No. 108301[1] (henceforth referred to as the "First Case"), filed...