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Sps Ortiz vs CA and Sps Rodriguez

SPOUSES VALENTINO ORTIZ AND CAMILLA MILAN ORTIZ, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and SPOUSES FRANCISCO AND BERNARDINA RODRIGUEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 127393 | 1998-12-04

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Petitioners seeks a review of the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA- G.R. CV 42238 dated October 18, 1996, and it's resolution[2] dated December 03, 1996, on the motion for reconsideration, dismissing the case for failure of the petitioners to comply strictly with the Rules of Court. The appellate court decreed, thus:

"WHEREFORE, for not being sufficient in form and substance, the instant Petition for Review is hereby DENIED due course and accordingly DISMISSED outright."[3]

The factual background of this petition is as follows:

The spouses Francisco and Bernardina Rodriguez, herein private...