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Conchita Tan etc. Vs. Planters Products Inc.

CONCHITA TAN, doing business under the name MARMAN TRADING, Petitioner, versus PLANTERS PRODUCTS, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 172239 | 2008-03-28

D E C I S I O N


REYES, R.T., J.:

STRICT application of technical rules of procedure should be shunned when they hinder rather than promote substantial justice. Clear stipulation in a lease contract should be interpreted literally in accordance with the intent of the parties.

These principles are relevant in this petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) which affirmed with modification the Order[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Makati City in a complaint for specific performance filed by petitioner Conchita Tan doing business under the name Marman Trading (Marman) against respondent...