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Trinidad Go, et al. Vs. Vicente Velez Chavez, etc.

TRINIDAD GO, joined by her husband, GONZALO GO, SR., Petitioners, versus VICENTE VELEZ CHAVES,* Respondent, ALICE CHAVES, Respondent-Intervenor, MEGA-INTEGRATED AGRO LIVESTOCK FARMS, INC., Respondent-Intervenor

G.R. No. 182341 | 2010-04-23

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

Equity regards substance rather than form, it abhors forfeiture.

On purely technical grounds, the Court of Appeals (CA) dismissed petitioners' appeal and denied their plea for reconsideration. Hence, petitioners come to this Court via this Petition for Review on Certiorari to assail the Resolutions dated October 10, 2007[1] and March 11, 2008[2] of the appellate court in CA-G.R. CV No. 00257.

Factual Antecedents

On January 29, 1997, Vicente Chaves (Vicente) filed a Complaint[3] against spouses Trinidad Go and Gonzalo Go (Go spouses, herein petitioners) before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cagayan...