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WI Co., Inc. vs. Augusto, et al.

WORKMEN'S INSURANCE CO., INC., petitioner, vs. AURORA R. AUGUSTO, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-31060 | 1971-07-29

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J:

Appeal by certiorari from the resolution of respondent Court of Appeals dismissing petitioner's appeal from an adverse judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila on the ground of non-compliance with the mandatory requirements of the Rules of Court, specifically, that petitioner's record on appeal failed to show and allege that the necessary appeal bond was timely filed within the reglementary period.

On a complaint filed on October 10, 1966 by respondent Aurora R. Augusto, widow, as plaintiff against petitioner corporation and others as defendants, the Court of First Instance of Manila rendered its...