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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, THROUGH THE HON. SECRETARY, HERMOGENES EBDANE, PETITIONER, VS. ALBERTO A. DOMINGO, RESPONDENT.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, THROUGH THE HON. SECRETARY, HERMOGENES EBDANE, PETITIONER, VS. ALBERTO A. DOMINGO, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 175299 | 2011-09-14

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

In this Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, the Court is called upon to reverse and set aside the Decision[2] dated May 19, 2006 and the Resolution[3] dated October 25, 2006 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 78813, as well as to declare null and void the Decision[4] dated February 18, 2003 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 18, in Civil Case No. 333-M-2002.
 
As culled from the records, the factual antecedents of the case are as follows:
 
On April 26, 2002, herein respondent Alberto A. Domingo filed a...