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Manipol, et al vs. Court oof Appeals, et al

FRANCISCO MANIPOL and LUCIA MANIPOL, petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-27806 | 1979-04-30

D E C I S I O N

CONCEPCION JR., J:

Petition for certiorari, to annul and set aside the resolution of the respondent appellate court dismissing the petitioners' appeal upon the ground that the record on appeal does not show on its face that the appeal was perfected on time, as well as the resolution denying their motion for the reconsideration of said resolution.

The petitioners, Francisco Manipol and Lucia Manipol, and the Pacific Builders Co., Inc., Vicente C. Ponce, Nelia C. Ponce, and Victorino Corpus, are the defendants in Civil Case No. 52324 of the Court of First Instance of Manila, entitled: "Republic of the Philippines,...