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Alex Lina vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

ALEX LINA, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS; HONORABLE GREGORIO PINEDA, as Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch XXI at Pasig; and NORTHERN MOTORS, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-63397 | 1985-04-09

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Appeal by certiorari from the decision of the then Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 14943-SP, dated November 29, 1982, affirming (a) the order of default issued by respondent judge in a collection suit instituted by private respondent Northern Motors, Inc. against petitioner; and, (b) the judgment of default in the same case.

On March 31, 1982, private respondent Northern Motors, Inc. filed with the then Court of First Instance of Rizal (Pasig) a case for sum of money with damages; docketed as Civil Case No. 4520.

On April 22, 1982, petitioner Alex Lina was served with summons together with a copy of the...