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RP, Represented By Sugar Regulatory Administration vs Sulpicio Tancinco

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by Sugar Regulatory Administration, petitioner, vs. SULPICIO TANCINCO, respondent.

G.R. No. 139256 | 2002-12-27

D E C I S I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Assailed via a petition for review on certiorari by the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA for brevity) is the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 36110 dismissing SRA's appeal and affirming the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Cagayan de Oro City (Branch 24) in Civil Case No. 10117 for Damages.

The facts of this case are undisputed:

The National Sugar Trading Corporation (NASUTRA), a domestic corporation created for the purpose of engaging in the trading of sugar, and a subsidiary of the Philippine Sugar Commission (Philsucom), an entity owned and controlled by the...