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Tan vs. CA, et al.

ANNIE TAN, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and BLOOMBERRY EXPORT MANUFACTURING, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 130314 | 1998-09-22

D E C I S I O N
 
PANGANIBAN, J.:
 
Before a trial court, a motion for reconsideration that does not contain the requisite notice of hearing does not toll the running of the period of appeal. It is a mere scrap of paper which the trial court and the opposite party may ignore.
 
The Case

Petitioner seeks to set aside the August 22, 1997 Decision of the Court of Appeals[1] in CA-GR SP No. 43293, the dispositive portion of which reads:[2]
 
"WHEREFORE, [i]n view of all the foregoing considerations, the petition for certiorari and prohibition is granted. The Order dated October 4, 1996, of public respondent is hereby ...