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2006-01-20 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| Summary judgment, as prescribed by the rules must then ensue as a matter of law, to weed out sham claims or defenses at an early stage of the litigation, to avoid the expense and loss of time involved in a trial, and to separate what is formal or pretended in denial or averment from what is genuine and substantial, so that only the latter may subject a suitor to the burden of trial.[13] | |||||