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Mariano Zabat, Jr. vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

MARIANO ZABAT, JR., petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, and MANOTOK REALTY, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-36958 | 1986-07-10

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J:

This is an appeal by certiorari from a decision of the Court of Appeals sustaining the lower court which on separate dates: a) dismissed a complaint to quiet title for failure of the complainant and his counsel to appear at the scheduled pre-trial hearing; and b) upheld the counterclaim that the plaintiff should pay to the defendant rentals on the disputed land on the ground that the same belonged to the latter. 1

The complaint was dismissed on October 26, 1976, and notice of the dismissal was served on the plaintiff on October 29, 1966. 2 The plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration on February 28, 1967,...