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EDITO PAGADORA, Petitioner, vs. JULIETA S. ILAO, Respondent.

Edito Pagadora vs. Julieta S. Llao

G.R. No. 165769 | 2011-12-12



Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila


THIRD DIVISION


G.R. No. 165769               December 12, 2011


EDITO PAGADORA, Petitioner,

vs.

JULIETA S. ILAO, Respondent.


D E C I S I O N


PERALTA, J.:


Adventitious resort to technicality resulting in the dismissal of cases is disfavored because litigations must as much as possible be decided on the merits and not on technicalities.


This is a petition for review under Rule 45, assailing the twin Resolutions1 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 83933,2 dated June 8, 20043 and October 20, 2004.4 The former is a minute resolution that dismissed on technicality...