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JULIE S. SUMBILLA, PETITIONER, VS. MATRIX FINANCE CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

JULIE S. SUMBILLA, PETITIONER, VS. MATRIX FINANCE CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 197582 | 2015-06-29

THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION

VILLARAMA, JR., J.:

In this petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, petitioner Julie S. Sumbilla seeks the liberal application of procedural rules to correct the penalty imposed in the Decision[1] dated January 14, 2009 of the Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) of Makati City, Branch 67, in Criminal Case Nos. 321169 to 321174 which had already attained finality in view of petitioner’s failure to timely file an appeal.
 
The antecedent facts are not disputed.
 
Petitioner obtained a cash loan from respondent Matrix Finance Corporation. As...