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Magdalena V. Acosta vs. Andres B. Plan

MAGDALENA V. ACOSTA, JULIANA V. ACOSTA and ROSITA V. ACOSTA, petitioners, vs. HON. JUDGE ANDRES B. PLAN, Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Isabela, Branch II, HON. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, AND BERNARDINO MAGDAY, respondents.

G.R. No. 44466 | 1989-01-30

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

The only issue in this petition for review on certiorari is whether the petitioners' appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Isabela in Civil Case No. 1201, may be dismissed for tardiness in submitting their record on appeal.

On January 8, 1962, the petitioners filed an accion publiciana (Civil Case No. 1201) in the Court of First Instance of Isabela against the private respondent Bernardino Magday. After the defendant had filed his answer, the complaint was amended on August 25, 1971, to implead the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Bureau of Lands as...