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Felix Guevarra, etal. Vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

FELIX GUEVARRA and EMERENCIANA GUEVARRA, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and GAUDENCIO GADDI, LOURDES BUSTOS GADDI, VICTORIA, MYRNA, SHEILA and MARIA LOURDES, all surnamed BUSTOS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-43714 | 1988-01-15

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

The petitioners herein were adjudged by the then Court of First Instance of Rizal, 1 to pay the private respondents, plaintiffs therein, P36,000.00 by way of unrealized income (actual damages), P40,000.00 as moral damages, P5,000.00 as attorney's fees, and the costs of the suit. From this adverse decision, the defendants in the trial court, now petitioners, sought to appeal to the respondent Court of Appeals. 2 They complied with the requisite filing of the Notice of Appeal and the Record on Appeal (then required). They failed however to pay the docketing fee of P48.00 plus the amount of P5.00 required...