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Tomas Mapa Vs. CA, Judge Savellano, Jr & Land Bank

TOMAS G. MAPA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGE MAXIMO A. SAVELLANO, JR., REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA BRANCH LIII, and LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 79374 | 1992-10-02

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

The validity of a substituted service of summons upon the petitioner is raised as the common issue in these two (2) cases. Since identical parties are involved in both, this Court ordered their consolidation. 1

G.R. No. 79374 involves a petition filed under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court to review the 3 June 1987 Decision of public respondent Court of Appeals in C.A.-G.R. SP No. 08535 2 denying, for lack of merit, the petition therein which sought to set aside the decision of Branch 53 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila.

A similar petition under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court was filed in G.R....