Back

Pantranco North Express, Inc. Vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

PANTRANCO NORTH EXPRESS, INC., petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND FELIXBERTO N. BOQUIREN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-59280 | 1983-10-27

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

Assailed in this petition for certiorari and mandamus are the Resolutions of the respondent Court of Appeals [now the Intermediate Appellate Court], dated September 9, 1981, October 19, 1981 and December 1, 1981, which dismissed the appeal of petitioner Pantranco North Express, Inc. on the sole ground that the appeal docket fee was paid to the trial court, and not to the appellate court.

The antecedent facts undisputed.

On May 15, 1980, the Court of First Instance of Rizal, after due trial, rendered a decision in Civil Case No. Q-22351, ordering petitioner Pantranco North Express, Inc. to pay respondent...