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J.Ramos, etal vs. Intermediate Appellate Court etal

SPOUSES JAIME RAMOS and NILDA ILANO RAMOS, petitioners, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, HON. ANDRES R. MATIAS, etc., and Spouses RESTITUTO MELO and NELLY J. MELO, respondents.

G.R. No. 72686 | 1989-03-08

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Two (2) errors present themselves for correction in the proceedings at bar.

The first consists in the strict and literal application by the Appellate Court on September 21, 1985, 1 of the doctrine laid down in Habaluyas Enterprises, Inc., et al. v. Hon. Maximino N. Japzon, et al., promulgated on August 5, 1985, in denying petitioners' urgent motion dated December 27, 1984 for extension of time to file a motion for reconsideration of that Court's resolution of December 27, 1984 ---- which had deemed said petitioners' appeal from the judgment of the Regional Trial Court abandoned and consequently dismissed...