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Sps Javellana vs Presiding Judge, RTC, Br 30, Manila and Benito Legarda

SPS. MA. CARMEN L. JAVELLANA and VICTOR JAVELLANA, Petitioners, versus HON. PRESIDING JUDGE, Regional Trial Court, Branch 30, Manila and BENITO LEGARDA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 139067 | 2004-11-23

DECISION







AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:





Before us is a petition for review on certiorari filed by petitioners spouses Ma. Carmen and Victor Javellana, assailing the Resolution dated April 30, 1999[1] of the Court of Appeals dismissing their petition for certiorari, docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 51833, for being filed out of time; and the Resolution dated June 9, 1999[2] denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration.



The factual background of the case is as follows:



On December 6, 1996, private respondent Benito Legarda filed before the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 30, a complaint for Accion Publiciana and sum of money[3]...