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Compagnie Des Messageries Maritimes vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and A. A. R. BOTELHO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-28381 | 1980-09-11

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

In this Petition for Certiorari and Mandamus, the principal issue raised is whether or not respondent Court of Appeals had correctly refused to dismiss the appeal of private respondent A. A. R. Botelho in CA-G.R. No. 38989-R, entitled

"Compagnie Des Messageries Maritimes vs. A. A. R. Botelho", upon petitioner's invocation of non-compliance with the material data rule.

We find no need to give an extended recital of the background facts that spawned the present controversy. Suffice it to relate that on October 28, 1966, the trial Court rendered a Decision in favor of petitioner, the dispositive...