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Rogelio Ragasajo vs. Intermediate Appellate Court

ROGELIO B. RAGASAJO, petitioner, vs. THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF FLORENTINO MANUNGAS, represented by its Administratrix ENGRACIA N. MANUNGAS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-69129 | 1987-08-31

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari and mandamus seeking the nullification of the Resolutions of the then Intermediate Appellate Court dated August 10, 1984 and September 27, 1984, in AC-G.R. No. CV-0719 * denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration of the Resolution of June 25, 1984, declaring his appeal abandoned, and to command respondent court to admit petitioner's brief.

The issue that emerges in this petition is whether or not the right to appeal which had been declared abandoned for failure to file appellant's brief within the period prescribed by the rules may be revived by the filing of a motion...