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Rufino Nazareth, etal. Vs. Renato S. Santos, etal.

RUFINO NAZARETH, DOMINGO NAZARETH, ROMANA ANIANA VDA. DE FERRERA and CESAR FERRERA, petitioners, vs. RENATO S. SANTOS, and HON. COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-51101 | 1988-05-28

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

The sole issue for resolution is whether or not respondent Appellate Court committed reversible error in affirming the Order of the Court of Agrarian Relations (CAR) in Civil Case No. 1304, 1 which denied petitioners-defendants' Motion for postponement and resetting of the hearing scheduled for that date, and considered the case submitted for decision on the basis of the evidence submitted by private respondent-plaintiff.

The background facts follow:

On 31 July 1977, private respondent, Renato Santos, filed before the CAR, Branch I, Pasig, Metro Manila, an Amended Complaint against the above-named...