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First Aqua Sugar Traders, Inc., et al. vs. BPI

FIRST AQUA SUGAR TRADERS, INC. and CBN INTERNATIONAL (HK) CORPORATION, Petitioners, versus BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,[1] Respondent.

G.R. No. 154034 | 2007-02-05

D E C I S I O N
 

CORONA, J.:

Petitioners First Aqua Sugar Traders, Inc. and CBN International Corporation were the plaintiffs in Civil Case No. 99-930[2] filed in the Regional Trial Court of Makati, Branch 57.[3] Respondent Bank of the Philippine Islands was the defendant in that case.

On October 16, 2000, the trial court rendered a summary judgment dismissing the complaint.[4] Petitioners received a copy of the judgment on October 27, 2000. Hence, they had fifteen days to file a notice of appeal.[5] Instead, on November 6, 2000, or 10 days after, they opted to file a motion for reconsideration which was denied in the order dated January...