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Municipality of Obando, Bulacan, et al. Vs. Intermediate Appellate Court, et al.

MUNICIPALITY OF OBANDO, PROVINCE OF BULACAN and ROMUALDO C. SUNGA, petitioners, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, HON. ANTONIA CORPUS MACANDOG, THE CITY SHERIFF of Caloocan City and ERNESTO R. CRUZ, doing business under the name and style of "EMD Trading Center," respondents.

G.R. No. 73558 | 1987-09-29

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J p:

From an adverse decision of the former Intermediate Appellate Court which affirmed the order of the Regional Trial Court, the petitioners come to us in this petition for review on certiorari. The only issue in the petition is whether or not the court should approve a notice of appeal which was filed out of time due to a fortuitous event.

The facts as found by the appellate court are as follows:

"In a complaint for sum of money filed before the Regional Trial Court, Caloocan City, Branch CXX, judgment was rendered in favor of private respondent Ernesto R. Cruz, doing business under the name and style...