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Noli Alfonso and Erlinda Fundialan Vs. Spouses Henry and Liwanag Andres

NOLI ALFONSO and ERLINDA FUNDIALAN, Petitioners, versus SPOUSES HENRY and LIWANAG ANDRES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 166236 | 2010-07-29

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

Technical rules may be relaxed only for the furtherance of justice and to benefit the deserving.

In the present petition for review, petitioners assail the August 10, 2004 Resolution[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV. No. 78362, which dismissed the appeal before it for failure of petitioners to file their brief within the extended reglementary period.

Factual Antecedents

The present case stemmed from a complaint for accion publiciana with damages filed by respondent spouses Henry and Liwanag Andres against Noli Alfonso and spouses Reynaldo and Erlinda Fundialan before the Regional Trial...