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* FIRST DIVISION.
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4 Id., at p. 43.
5 Records, p. 10.
6 Id., at pp. 11-13.
7 Id., at p. 14.
8 Id., at pp. 14-15.
9 Id., at pp. 16-17.
10 Id., at p. 18.
11 Id., at pp. 19-21.
12 Id., at pp. 22-23.
13 Id., at pp. 23A-24.
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14 Id., at p. 25.
15 Id., at p. 26
16 Id., at p. 27.
17 Id.
18 Id., at p. 29.
19 Id., at p. 263.
20 Id., at p. 28.
21 Id., at p. 44.
22 Id.
23 Id., at pp. 266-267.
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which was also doing business with the PNP, and not to
MGM, with which the contract was made.
On May 5, 1999, respondent filed a Complaint for Sum
of Money against the petitioner, represented by the Chief of
the PNP, before the RTC, Branch 222 of Quezon City.24
This was docketed as Civil Case No. Q99-37717.
The petitioner filed a Motion to Dismiss25 on July 5,
1999, on the ground that the claim or demand set forth in
respondent’s complaint had already been paid or
extinguished,26 as evidenced by LBP Check No.
0000530631 dated April 18, 1996, issued by the PNP to
MGM, and Receipt No. 001, which the respondent
correspondingly issued to the PNP. The petitioner also
argued that aside from the fact that the respondent, in her
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30 Id., at p. 54.
31 Id., at pp. 159-160.
32 Id., at pp. 167-175.
33 Id., at pp. 201-202.
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It ADMITS the allegation in paragraph 9 of the Complaint
that [respondent] delivered to the PNP Engineering Service
the construction materials. It also ADMITS the existence of
Receipt Nos. 151, 152 and 153 alleged in the same paragraph,
copies of which are attached to the Complaint as Annexes “G”, “G-
1” and “G-2”.37 (Emphasis ours.)
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Pre-trial Brief:
III
ADMISSIONS
3.1. Facts and/or documents admitted
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38 Id., at p. 186.
39 TSN, September 3, 2002, pp. 25-27.
40 TSN, December 3, 2002, pp. 15-18.
41 Id., at p. 18.
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55 Rollo, p. 20.
56 Id., at p. 30.
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57 Jarantilla, Jr. v. Jarantilla, G.R. No. 154486, December 1, 2010, 636 SCRA
299.
58 Suarez v. Judge Villarama, Jr., G.R. No. 124512, June 27, 2006, 493 SCRA
74, 80.
59 Cucueco v. Court of Appeals, 484 Phil. 254, 264; 441 SCRA 290, 298 (2004).
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61 Id., at p. 559.
62 Microsoft Corporation v. Maxicorp, Inc., G.R. No. 140946, September
13, 2004, 438 SCRA 224, 230.
63 Go v. Court of Appeals, 403 Phil. 883, 890; 351 SCRA 145, 151-152
(2001).
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66 Id., at p. 302.
67 Rollo, p. 33.
68 Id.
69 Id.
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70 People v. Gasacao, 511 Phil. 435, 445; 474 SCRA 812, 822 (2005).
71 CA Rollo, p. 37.
72 Alfelor v. Halasan, G.R. No. 165987, March 31, 2006, 486 SCRA 451,
459.
73 Id.
74 Id., at pp. 459-460.
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79 Id.
80 TSN, December 3, 2002, pp. 35-40.
81 TSN, September 3, 2002, pp. 45-47.
82 Rollo, p. 34.
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annum from such finality until its satisfaction, this interim period
being deemed to be by then an equivalent to a forbearance of
credit."84
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