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Carme Caspe vs. CA, et al.

CARME CASPE, Petitioner, versus COURT OF APPEALS and SUSAN S. VASQUEZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 142535 | 2006-06-15

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


CORONA, J.

In this petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, petitioner charges respondent Court of Appeals with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack of jurisdiction in rendering a resolution [1] on September 14, 1999 which read: 

For failure of defendants-appellants [2] to pay the requisite docket and other lawful fees within the reglementary period, their appeal is DISMISSED pursuant to Sec. 1 (c), Rule 50, in relation to Sec. 4, Rule 41 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure. 

The facts follow. 

Petitioner was one of the defendants in civil case no. 96-087, [3]...