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De Palopo, et al vs. Court of Appeals, e t al

ALFONSA TIMBAS VDA. DE PALOPO; CIPRIANA PALOPO, ALBERTO, CECILIA, CAROLINA, MILAGROS, SEGUNDINA, all surnamed PALOPO; FORTUNATO LAMBAYAN, SATURNINA LAMBAYAN, JESUS GADIANA, INESA GADIANA, AQUILINO GADIANA, VICENTE PAJUNAR and MAGNO ORTIZ, petitioner, vs.

G.R. No. L-38375 | 1978-05-30

D E C I S I O N

CONCEPCION JR., J:

Petition to review and set aside the resolution of the respondent Court of Appeals, dismissing the appeal of petitioners, and its subsequent resolution denying the motion for reconsideration.

It appears that in action for recovery of a parcel of land filed by the respondents against herein petitioners, the Court of First Instance of Negros Oriental rendered a decision on October 27, 1963 1 in favor of the private respondents.

On November 3, 1964, the petitioners filed a notice of appeal 2 and on November 4, 1964, the appeal bond and the record on appeal 3 were likewise filed in the lower court.
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