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Navarro vs MBTC

ANTONIO NAVARRO and GRAHMMS, INC., Petitioners, versus METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY, THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, and THE HON. ZEUS C. ABROGAR (Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, Branch 150), Respondents.

G.R. No. 138031 | 2004-05-27

D E C I S I O N





CALLEJO, SR., J.:





This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, as amended, assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the denial by the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, Branch 150, in Civil Case No. 94-2913, of the petitioners' appeal for non-payment of docket fees, as well as the appellate court's March 29, 1999 Resolution which denied the petitioners' motion for reconsideration.



The facts are undisputed:

On November 3, 1994, the private respondent Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (respondent MBTC) filed with the RTC of Makati City a...