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Spouse Barredo vs. Spouses Leaño

SPOUSES MANUEL and JOCELYN BARREDO, petitioners, vs. SPOUSES EUSTAQUIO and EMILDA LEANO, respondents.

G.R. No. 156627 | 2004-06-04

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PUNO, J.:

In resolving the case at bar, we hearken back to the time-honored principle in obligations and contracts enunciated by this Court some 80 years ago in Song Fo & Co. v. Hawaiian Philippine Co.[1] that the rescission of contracts will not be permitted for a slight or casual breach thereof.

The factual antecedents are undisputed. Sometime in...