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G.R. No. 150806. January 28, 2008.
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NACHURA, J.:
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H. Garcia, renewed its Contract of Lease with Ponciano L.
Almeda (Ponciano), as lessor, husband of petitioner
Eufemia and father of petitioner Romel Almeda. Under the
said contract, Ponciano agreed to lease a portion of the
Almeda Compound, located at 2208 Pasong Tamo Street,
Makati City, consisting of 7,348.25 square meters, for a
monthly rental of P1,107,348.69, for a term of four (4) years
from May 1, 51997 unless sooner terminated as provided in
the contract. The contract of lease contained the following
pertinent provisions which gave rise to the instant case:
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8 Embodied in a letter dated January 12, 1998; id., at p. 203.
9 Records, p. 33.
10 Id., at pp. 1-5.
11 Id., at pp. 80-84.
12 Id., at pp. 98-100.
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14 Rollo, p. 138.
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16 Jumamil v. Café, G.R. No. 144570, September 21, 2005, 470 SCRA
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17 443 Phil. 753; 395 SCRA 624 (2003).
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19 Rollo, p. 134.
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25 Telengtan Brothers & Sons, Inc. v. United States Lines, Inc., supra, at
pp. 470-471.
** In lieu of Associate Justice Minita V. Chico-Nazario per Special
Order No. 484, dated January 11, 2008.
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