MOTOR%SERVICE%INC%v%YELLOW%TAXI%CAB%

FACTS:%
1. Yellow( Taxicab( maintained( an( open( account( with( Motor( Service( to( buy(
automobile(spare(parts(and(other(merchandise(on(credit.(
2. Yellow( Taxicab( had( an( outstanding( balance( with( Motor( Service( which( has(
become(long(overdue.((
It( has( been( agreed( upon( by( the( parties( that( the( balance( 12%( per(
annum( in( all( overdue( accounts( and( 25%( of( the( amount( dues( as(
Attorneys(fees(in(case(of(suits.((
Felipe( Monserrat( has( assumed( to( fulfill( jointly( and( severally( with(
defendant(the(obligation.(
YTC(failed(and(refused(to(pay(the(amount(due.((
3. Motor(Service(filed(a(case(in(CFI(to(recover(a(sum(of(money(plus(interest(as(
attorneys(fees(and(costs(of(suits.(
4. YTC(answer:(
Admitted(receiving(the(spare(parts(
They( are( still( checking( the( correctness( of( the( Itemized( Statement(
presented(by(Motor(Services(and(the(outstanding(balance.(
5. Motor(Service(served(to(the(plaintiff(a(request(for(admission(of(the(following:(
(1)(Itemized(Statement;((2)(The(stipulation(as(to(the(nonPpayment.(
6. YTC( failed( to( filed( an( answer( to( the( request( for( admission.( This( prompted(
Motor(Services(to(file(a(motion(for(summary(judgment(to(which(YTC(opposed.(
7. CFI(rendered(a(decision(against(YTC(in(pursuant(to(the(parties(stipulation.((
YTC( silence( on( the( plaintiffs( request( for( admission( amounted( to( an(
implied( acceptance( of( the( facts( with( the( consequence( that( plaintiffs(
claim(stood(undisputed.(
8. Hence,(this(petition:(YTC(contended:(
PThey(not(bound(to(comment(on(the(request(for(admission,(because(they(had(
already( filed( an( answer( denying( the( facts( recited( in( said( request,( and( the(
denial(in(the(answer(is(effective(at(all(stages(of(the(case.(
PThe(Motion(for(Summary(Judgment(was(fatally(defective(because(it(was(not(
supported(by(affidavits(as(required.((
ISSUE:%W/N%the%Motion%for%Summary%Judgment%was%fatally%defective%
HELD:%NO.%
1. Supporting( and( opposing( affidavits( shall( be( made( on( personal( knowledge,(
shall(set(forth(such(facts(as(would(be(admissible(in(evidence,(and(shall(show(
affirmatively( that( the( affiant( is( competent( to( testify( to( the( matters( stated(
therein.(Certified(true(copies(of(all(papers(or(parts(thereof(referred(to(in(the(
affidavit(shall(be(attached(thereto(or(served(therewith.(
2. However,( in( the( case( at( bar,( the( SC( ruled( that,( supporting( affidavits( were(
indeed(superfluous,(for(the(reason(that(it(was(already(a(matter(of(record(that(
by( their( failure( to( answer( appellee's( request( for( admission,( the( appellants(
had(admitted(all(the(material(facts(necessary(for(judgment(against(them.(As(
commented( by( former( Chief( Justice( Moran,( "depositions( or( admissions( of(
parties(are(still(better(than,(and(may(be(used(instead(of,(affidavits.((
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