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Rep. Of the Phils. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS (Special Second Division), COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BULACAN, TURANDOT, TRAVIATA, MARCELITA, MARLENE, PACITA, MATTHEW, VICTORIA and ROSARY, all surnamed ALDABA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-54886 | 1981-09-10

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

Petitioner, through this petition for review by certiorari, seeks to annul and set aside the respondent Court of Appeals' April 29, 1980 decision and August 15, 1980 resolution in CA-G.R. No. 10081-SP, entitled "Republic of the Philippines versus Hon. Roque Tamayo, et al." - a special action for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus - sustaining the lower court's action in dismissing petitioner's appeal as not having been perfected on time.

The root case is an expropriation proceedings initiated by the petitioner over a 15,000 square meter lot of private respondents situated in Barrio Tikay, Malolos,...