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Philippine Ports Authority vs City Of Iloilo

PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, petitioner, vs. CITY OF ILOILO, respondent.

G.R. No. 109791 | 2003-07-14

D E C I S I O N

AZCUNA, J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari assailing the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City, Branch 39, dated February 26, 1993 in Civil Case No. 18477, a case for collection of a sum of money. Seeking to raise questions purely of law, petitioner Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) would want us to set aside the ruling ordering it to pay real property and business taxes to respondent City of Iloilo.

The factual antecedents are summarized by the trial court:

This is an action for the "recovery of sum of money" filed by [respondent] City of Iloilo, a public corporation organized under the...