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Vicente Adriano Vs. Alice M. Tanco, et al.

VICENTE ADRIANO, Petitioner, versus ALICE TANCO, GERALDINE TANCO, RONALD TANCO, and PATRICK TANCO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 168164 | 2010-07-05

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

Laws which have for their object the preservation and maintenance of social justice are not only meant to favor the poor and the underprivileged. They apply with equal force to those who, notwithstanding their more comfortable position in life, are equally deserving of protection from the courts. Social justice is not a license to trample on the rights of the rich in the guise of defending the poor, where no act of injustice or abuse is being committed against them.[1]

This Petition for Review on Certiorari assails the October 12, 2004 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 74465...