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Jesus T. David Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

JESUS T. DAVID, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and VALENTIN AFABLE, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 97240 | 1992-10-16

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Can the Court of Appeals, in a judgment sustaining the trial court's denial of a petition for relief from judgment, validly amend or modify the decision sought to be overturned by such petition?

This is the basic issue which confronts this Court in the instant case.

Stripped of unnecessary details, the facts of this case, as gathered from the pleadings, are as follows:

Due to the dishonor of five (5) checks with a total value of P52,800.00 which private respondent issued in favor of the petitioner after the former failed to deliver 2,500 cavans of palay deposited with him by the latter or pay the...