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Phil Coconut Authority vs Corona Int'l

PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY, petitioner, vs. CORONA INTERNATIONAL, INC., respondent.

G.R. No. 139910 | 2000-09-29

R E S O L U T I O N
KAPUNAN, J.:
For failing to strictly comply with the provisions of Sec. 13, Rule 44 of the 1997 Rules on Civil Procedure, which specifies the form and contents of the appellant's brief, petitioner Philippine Coconut Authority's appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 56586. Hence, petitioner invokes the jurisdiction of this Court and seeks the reversal of the resolutions of the court a quo.
As antecedents, respondent corona International Inc. filed a case against petitioner for the recovery of the sum of P9,082,221.14 before the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City. The amount allegedly represented...