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2005-09-20 |
DAVIDE, JR., CJ. |
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| It must be stressed that the rule on admission as a mode of discovery is intended "to expedite trial and to relieve parties of the costs of proving facts which will not be disputed on trial and the truth of which can be ascertained by reasonable inquiry."[22] Thus, if a request for admission would only serve to delay the proceedings by abetting redundancy in the pleadings, the intended purpose for the rule would certainly be defeated.[23] After all, rules of procedures are intended to promote, not to defeat, substantial justice and should not therefore be applied in a very rigid and technical sense.[24] | |||||