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Cornelia Cusi-Hernandez vs Sps Eduardo Diaz & Amelia Mangahas

CORNELIA P. CUSI - HERNANDEZ, petitioner, vs. Spouses EDUARDO DIAZ and AMELIA MANGAHAS, respondents.

G.R. No. 140436 | 2000-07-18

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

A petition for review filed before the Court of Appeals must contain a certified true copy or duplicate original of the assailed decision, final order or judgment. There is no requirement, however, that the other supporting papers attached to the petition should be certified true copies as well. In this case, the Contract to Sell, which is the center of the controversy, was reproduced verbatim in the MTC Decision, a duplicate original of which was attached to the Petition. Moreover, a certified true copy of the Contract was attached to the Motion for Reconsideration. Hence, the appellate court erred in...