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Trans World Airlines, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and AIR INDIA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-35363 | 1981-08-10

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari of the Resolution of the Court of Appeals dated July 27, 1972, which dismissed the appeals of both plaintiffs-appellants Esperanza Osmeña, Rosalinda O. Valencia and Elpidio Valencia (collectively referred to as the Osmeñas), and defendant-appellant, now petitioner, Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA for short), on the ground that their Joint Record on Appeal failed to show on its face that their appeals were perfected on time.

This case started on November 4, 1966 when the Osmeñas filed Civil Case No. 9605 for Damages, against TWA and...