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Lilia Aguirre, Et Al. Vs. Court Of First Instance Of Leyte, Et Al.

LILIA AGUIRRE, GENATO AGUIRRE and BENITO AGRAVA, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF LEYTE, BRANCH III, EDUARDO TAMPIL and LETICIA A. TAMPIL, respondents.

G.R. No. 53556 | 1990-12-20

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

This petition for certiorari assails the order (p. 27, Rollo) of respondent Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of Leyte, Branch III, dismissing petitioners' appeal for failure to prosecute and the order (p. 41, Rollo) denying the motion for reconsideration.

The undisputed facts are as follows:

This petition stemmed from Civil Case No. 5153 filed by private respondents. The complaint was for damages sustained when the auto-calesa (AC) jeep owned by petitioners figured in an accident on September 18, 1974, resulting in the death of private respondents' daughter and injury to private...