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Natl Power Corp vs Vine Development Corp rep by Vicente Ponce & Romonafe Corp rep by Oscar Tirona

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. VINE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, represented by Vicente C. Ponce; and ROMONAFE CORPORATION, represented by Oscar F. Tirona, respondents.

G.R. No. 137785 | 2000-09-04

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Although not authorized to handle cases pending in the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, lawyers of the National Power Corporation may nonetheless file notices of appeal of adverse decisions rendered by trial courts. They cannot, however, enter into compromise agreements without any specific authority to do so.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the January 19, 1999 Resolution of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR CV No. 57710,1 [Penned by Justice Demetrio G. Demetria; with the concurrence of Justices Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez...