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Carmen Siguenza, et al. Vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

CARMEN SIGUENZA and HELENA SIGUENZA, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and SPOUSES PEDRO QUIMBO and LEONADIZA QUIMBO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-44050 | 1985-07-16

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition to review the decision of the Court of Appeals, now Intermediate Appellate Court, which denied the petition for certiorari and mandamus for lack of merit and its resolutions denying the two motions for reconsideration which were subsequently filed.

Apart from the background issue of an allegedly excessive award of damages facing the lower courts, there was the question of whether or not the petitioners' appeal was perfected on time.

The private respondents, spouses Pedro and Leonadiza Quimbo filed a complaint before the Court of First Instance of Cebu against petitioners Carmen...