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LEONEN, J.:
Trial may be dispensed with and a summary judgment
rendered if the case can be resolved judiciously by plain
resort to the pleadings, affidavits, depositions, and other
papers filed by the parties.
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DATE AMOUNT
April 8, 2000 P500,000.00
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D. In the event that the Court denie[s] the petition against the
Philippine Tourism Authority, all sums received by [Castillo] shall
be reimbursed to [Olivarez Realty Corporation] without interest[.]11
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7 Id., at p. 140.
8 Id.
9 Id.
10 Id.
11 Id.
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12 Id., at p. 141.
13 Id.
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19 Id., at p. 190.
20 Id.
21 Id., at p. 191.
22 Id., at pp. 193-194.
23 Id., at p. 193.
24 Id., at p. 194.
25 Id.
26 Id., at pp. 195-197.
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27 Id., at p. 196.
28 Id., at pp. 198-199.
29 Id., at p. 199.
30 Id., at pp. 200-206.
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31 Id., at p. 200.
32 Id., at p. 201.
33 Id., at p. 202.
34 Id.
35 Id., at p. 204.
36 G.R. No. 107243, September 1, 1993, 226 SCRA 36 [Per CJ.
Narvasa, Second Division].
37 Rollo, pp. 207-209.
38 Id., at pp. 210-211.
39 Id., at pp. 213-214.
40 Id., at p. 213.
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41 Id.
42 Id., at p. 214.
43 Id.
44 Id., at pp. 215-216.
45 Id., at p. 215.
46 Id., at p. 216.
47 Id., at p. 224.
48 Id.
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58 Id., at p. 255.
59 Id., at p. 259.
60 Id., at p. 268.
61 Id., at pp. 268-269.
62 Id., at p. 282.
63 Id.
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82 Id., at p. 451.
83 Id., at p. 42.
84 Id., at p. 73.
85 Id., at pp. 101-104.
86 Id., at pp. 467-488.
87 Id., at p. 485.
88 Id., at pp. 490-579.
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98 Rollo, p. 112.
99 Id., at p. 190.
100 Id., at p. 271.
101 Id., at p. 227.
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Heruela, 509 Phil. 658; 473 SCRA 79 (2005) [Per J. Carpio, First
Division].
111 Id.
112 Nabus v. Pacson, id., citingCoronel v. Court of Appeals, 331
Phil. 294; 263 SCRA 15 (1996) [Per J. Melo, Third Division].
113 Id., at p. 351.
114 Id.
115 Id.
116 Gomez v. Court of Appeals, 395 Phil. 115; 340 SCRA 720
(2000) [Per J. Buena, Second Division]; Padilla v. Spouses Paredes,
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119 Id., at p. 254; pp. 10-11.
120 Id.
121 Nabus v. Pacson, supra note 110 at pp. 353-354.
122 Rollo, p. 141, Deed of Conditional Sale, par. J provides:
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each one of the former has a right to demand, or that each one of
the latter is bound to render, entire compliance with the prestation.
There is a solidary liability only when the obligation expressly so
states, or when the law or the nature of the obligation requires
solidarity.
135 Aratea v. Suico, 547 Phil. 407, 415; 518 SCRA 501, 507
(2007) [Per J. Garcia, First Division], citing MAM Realty
Development Corporation v. NLRC, G.R. No. 114787, June 2, 1995,
244 SCRA 797, 802-803 [Per J. Vitug, Third Division].
136 Id., at p. 415; p. 508.
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137 Id.
138 Rollo, pp. 99-109.
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pay also the two pesos legal research fund fee, if she has not paid it,
as required in Section 4 of Republic Act No. 3870, the charter of the
U.P. Law Center.)
Thus, although eventually the result may be the recovery of
land, it is the nature of the action as one for rescission of contract
which is controlling. The Court of Appeals correctly applied these
cases to the present one. As it said:
We would like to add the observations that since the action of
petitioners [private respondents] against private respondents
[petitioners] is solely for annulment or rescission which is not
susceptible of pecuniary estimation, the action should not be
confused and equated with the „value of the property‰ subject of the
transaction; that by the very nature of the case, the allegations, and
specific prayer in the complaint, sans any prayer for recovery of
money and/or value of the transaction, or for actual or
compensatory damages, the assessment and collection of the legal
fees should not be intertwined with the merits of the case and/or
what may be its end result; and that to sustain private respondentsÊ
[petitionersÊ] position on what the respondent court may decide
after all, then the assessment should be deferred and finally
assessed only after the court had finally decided the case, which
cannot be done because the rules require that filing fees should be
based on what is alleged and prayed for in the face of the complaint
and paid upon the filing of the complaint.142
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142 Id.
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neyÊs fees with interest at 6% per annum from the time this
decision becomes final and executory until petitioner
corporation fully pays the amount of damages.144
SO ORDERED.
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144 Nacar v. Gallery Frames, G.R. No. 189871, August 13, 2013, 703
SCRA 439, 458 [Per J. Peralta, En Banc].
** Designated as acting member per Special Order No. 1691 dated
May 22, 2014 in view of the vacancy in the Third Division.
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