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2002-02-27 |
BELLOSILLO, J. |
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| Third. We agree with the Court of Appeals that private respondents did not altogether dispense with the certificate of non-forum shopping. What is involved here is a certification several sentences short of the standard form as it only states: "That we have not filed any case in any court or bodies affecting the same subject matter." While this manner of formulating the certification is indeed deplorable, its presence in the complaint nonetheless shows the intention of private respondents to comply with the standard form. Verily, we can only presume innocent reasons - as there is no reason for pursuing a contrary belief - for the omissions of the other standard statements therein. In Cabardo v. Court of Appeals[25] where the certificate of non-forum shopping was found deficient in details we ruled - | |||||