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V.C. Ponce Company, Inc. Vs. Municipality of Paranaque, et al.

V.C. PONCE COMPANY INC., Petitioner. versus MUNICIPALITY OF PARANAQUE and SAMPAGUITA HILLS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Respondents

G.R. No. 178431 | 2012-11-12

SECOND DIVISION


D E C I S I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

"It is a settled rule that relief will not be granted to a party x x x when the loss of the remedy at law was due to his own negligence, or to a mistaken mode of procedure."1

Before the Court is a Petition for Review2 on Certiorari of the March 23, 2007 Decision3 of the Court of Appeals (CA), as well as its June 4, 2007 Resolution,4 in CA-G.R. SP No. 91791, which dismissed V.C. Ponce Company, Inc.’s (VCP) Petiton for Certiorari. The CA held that VCP’s resort to a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court was inappropriate and that the trial court’s...