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Virginia T. Velasco vs. Graciano P. Gayapa, Jr.

VIRGINIA TONIO VELASCO, SALVACION TONIO LIZASO, JOSE TONIO, MARIA TONIO, SERAFIN TONIO, JR., and JOSEFINA TONIO, petitioners, vs. HON. JUDGE GRACIANO P. GAYAPA, JR., EDUARDO OGENA, GUILLERMA CONDE OGENA, ROSITA UBALDE ALBERTO, and JOSE M. ALBERTO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-58651 | 1987-07-30

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

The instant petition for certiorari and mandamus seeks to annul the Order of Branch I of the Court of First Instance 1 of Catanduanes in Civil Case No. 857, dismissing the appeal interposed by the plaintiffs (now petitioners) because the notice of appeal and the appeal bond were not filed within the reglementary period.

Civil Case No. 857 entitled "Virginia Tonio Velasco, et al., vs. Eduardo Ogena, et al., is an action for quieting of title and ownership over a parcel of unregistered land located in the town of Viga, Catanduanes.

The herein petitioners (plaintiffs in Civil Case No. 857) are descendants of...