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Escolastico de Guzman vs. Numeriano Cuevas, Sr., et al.

ESCOLASTICO DE GUZMAN, petitioner, vs. NUMERIANO CUEVAS, SR. and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-28717 | 1982-06-29

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The issue in this petition is whether or not the Court of Appeals acted with grave abuse of discretion in denying the petitioner's motion for extension of time within which to pay the docketing fee for his appeal.

There is no dispute over the facts of this case. Private respondent Numeriano Cuevas, Sr., accepts as correct the following statement of facts and of the case found in the petitioner's brief:

"In the case of Numeriano Cuevas, Sr. vs. Escolastico de Guzman which was tried and decided by the Court of First Instance of Cavite docketed in said court as Civil Case No. N-772, herein petitioner...