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Habaluyas Enterprises, Inc., et al. Vs. Maximo M. Japson, et al.

HABALUYAS ENTERPRISES, INC. and PEDRO J. HABALUYAS, petitioners, vs. JUDGE MAXIMO M. JAPZON, Manila Regional Trial Court, Branch 36; SHUGO NODA & CO., LTD. and SHUYA NODA, respondents.

G.R. No. 70895 | 1985-08-05

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

The issue in this case is whether the fifteen-day period within which a party may file a motion for reconsideration of a final order or ruling of the Regional Trial Court may be extended.

In Civil Case No. 82-3305 of the Manila Regional Trial Court, Shugo Noda & Co., Ltd., et al. vs. Habaluyas Enterprises, Inc., et al., the plaintiffs received on October 1, 1984 a copy of the order of September 3, 1984, denying their motion for execution of a judgment based on a compromise.

On October 16, the fifteenth day, the plaintiffs filed a motion for an extension of twenty days within which to submit their motion for...