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The Manila Banking Corporation Vs. Sps. Alfredo and Celestina Rabina, et al.

THE MANILA BANKING CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus SPOUSES ALFREDO AND CELESTINA RABINA AND MARENIR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondents.

G.R. No. 145941 | 2008-12-16

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.

The Court of Appeals having affirmed[1] the Order of the Office of the President (OP) dismissing the appeal of the Manila Banking Corporation (petitioner) for belated payment of the requisite appeal fee and belated filing of its appeal memorandum, and holding that the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) has jurisdiction over it, the present petition for review on certiorari was filed.

Respondent Marenir Development Corporation (MDC), owner/developer of a subdivision project located in Brgy. Bagbag, Quezon City, obtained a loan from petitioner in the amount of P4,560,000, to secure the...