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Jovencio Lagunzad vs. CA, et al.

JOVENCIO LAGUNZAD, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE, respondents.

G.R. No. L-52007 | 1987-09-24

D E C I S I O N

SARMIENTO, J p:

This petition for review on certiorari seeks to set aside three orders of the respondent Court of Appeals 1 which, in effect, bar the petitioner from pursuing his remedy to appeal.

The procedural facts as gathered from the pleadings submitted by both petitioner and respondent follow.

An action for eminent domain was filed by the Province of Leyte against some 424 defendants, herein petitioner Lagunzad among them, captioned Province of Leyte v. Teresita Holanda, et al., and docketed as Civil Case No. 5199. On March 11, 1977, the then Court of First Instance of Leyte 2 decided the case on the basis of...