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American Home Assurance Company vs. Court of Appeals

AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY and AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS (Phil.) INC., petitioners, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, INSURANCE COMMISSION and VERA I. WITTE, represented by her Attorney-in-fact DAVID F. VELASCO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-45026 | 1981-11-12

R E S O L U T I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

The decision of the Court of Appeals dated September 8, 1976, and its resolution of October 27, 1976, are premised on its finding "that the petition for review was indeed filed in this Court (of Appeals) out of time." And relying on a decision of this Court - Villarica vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. L-28363, May 15, 1974, 57 SCRA 24 - the Court of Appeals dismissed the petition as time-barred.

In the present petition exception is taken of the Court of Appeals finding that the petition was filed out of time. I do not see any reason to review the finding of fact of the Court of Appeals which is based...