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Oriental Assurance Corp vs Solidbank Corp

ORIENTAL ASSURANCE CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. SOLIDBANK CORPORATION, respondent.

G.R. No. 139882 | 2000-08-16

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

The retroactive application, of procedural rules to pending cases is well settled. Hence, the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, which require the payment of docket fees upon the filing of the notice of appeal, applies to the present case.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45, assailing the March 8, 19991 [Rollo, p. 112; penned by Justice Angelina Sandoval Gutierrez and concurred in by Justices Romeo A. Brawner and Martin S. Villarama Jr.] and the June 4, 19992 [Rollo, p. 116.] Resolutions of the Court of Appeals (CA). The first Resolution reads as follows:

"The Court...