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Lilia Mondenedo, et al. vs CA, et al.

SPOUSES ROBERTO AND LILIA MONDONEDO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. LUCIA VIOLAGO ISNANI, as Presiding Judge of Br. 59, Regional Trial Court of Makati, MAKATI DEPUTY SHERIFF MAXIMO CONTRERAS, REGISTER OF DEEDS OF MAKATI, REGISTER OF DEEDS OF LAS PI?AS, REGISTER OF DEEDS OF BAGUIO CITY, and SECURITY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, respondents.

G.R. No. 113349 | 1996-01-18

R E S O L U T I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

What is the remedy of a plaintiff declared non-suited for failure to appear at the pre-trial hearings? This is the main issue in this Petition for certiorari praying for a review of a Resolution of the respondent Court of Appeals 1 promulgated on October 6, 1993 (and the subsequent Resolution denying the motion for reconsideration, promulgated on January 7, 1994) dismissing a petition for certiorari to set aside orders issued by the Regional Trial Court of Makati, Branch 59, which threw out the complaint in view of counsel's late appearance during the pre-trial. Reason advanced for counsel's delay was...