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Heirs Of Gregorio Licaros vs Sandiganbayan and RP.

HEIRS OF GREGORIO LICAROS; namely, CONCEPCION B. LICAROS and ABELARDO B. LICAROS, Petitioners, versus SANDIGANBAYAN and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 157438 | 2004-10-18

DECISION




PANGANIBAN, J.:





Basic is the rule that only the allegations of a complaint may be used to determine whether a cause of action is being pleaded. Whether these are true or false is unimportant at this point. The test is, assuming the allegations to be true, can a valid judgment, as prayed for by the plaintiff, be rendered by the court? If so, then the complaint states a cause of action.

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* On leave.

In the present case, the Second Amended Complaint contains sufficient allegations to implicate Gregorio S. Licaros in an alleged conspiracy to accumulate ill-gotten wealth. The contentions that his acts...