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Eduardo Mercado vs CA, The Hon Leticia Morales, et al

EDUARDO S. MERCADO, herein represented by his counsel, ATTY. ENRICO M. UYEHARA, Petitioner, - versus - THE COURT OF APPEALS, the Honorable LETICIA P. MORALES, in her capacity as Presiding Judge of Branch 140 of the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, ESTATE OF CONCEPCION CLAUDIO GATMAITAN, CARMELIE C. GATMAITAN and ARMANDO V. GATMAITAN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 150241 | 2004-11-04

RESOLUTION

QUISUMBING, J.:

This special civil action for certiorari seeks to annul the Court of Appeals' Resolutions dated February 23, 2001[1] and July 31, 2001,[2] in CA-G.R. SP No. 62678, dismissing Eduardo S. Mercado's petition for certiorari for late payment of docket fees and denying his Motion for Reconsideration.
The facts and antecedent proceedings, as culled from records, are as follows:
On various dates from January to August 1988, private respondent Armando V. Gatmaitan obtained a series of loans from petitioner Eduardo S. Mercado totaling P850,000, to renovate and repair two houses located at 1827 Santan St.,...