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Spouses Navarro vs. Rural Bank

SPOUSES AUGUSTO AND NORA NAVARRO, PETITIONERS, VS. RURAL BANK OF TARLAC, INC., RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 180060 | 2016-07-13

D E C I S I O N
 
SERENO, C.J.:
 
The case before this Court concerns the availability of the remedy of an ordinary appeal under Rule 41 of the Rules of Court[1] in challenging the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC)[2] to resolve a case by way of a summary judgment. The Court of Appeals (CA) dismissed[3] the appeal outright in light of Section 2, Rule 50 of the Rules of Court. The provision directs the dismissal of appeals filed through Rule 41 if they merely raise pure questions of law. Spouses Augusto and Nora Navarro now come before this Court arguing that their appeal should not have been dismissed, since...