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Lunesa Balangcad Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

LUNESA BALANGCAD, petitioner, vs. HON. JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, 5th Division HON. JUDGE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BANGUED, ABRA BR. II, PROV. SHERIFF & DEPUTIES, FEDERICO ARCEDO, ANGELES A. FERNANDEZ AND FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 84888 | 1992-02-12

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

This petition can be denied outright on the purely procedural ground of tardiness.

The decision of the Regional Trial court of Bangued, Abra, in Civil Case No. 1411 was appealed on time to the Court of Appeals but was dismissed for non-payment of the docket fee. 1 That dismissal became final and executory and entry of judgment was made in due course. 2 It was only after nine months that the petitioner went back to the respondent court, this time to ask for the "annulment and/or reformation or novation" of the decision of the trial court for lack of jurisdiction. This petition was obviously filed as a...