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Jonsay vs. Solidbank Corporation Now MetropolitanBank and Trust Company
Jonsay vs. Solidbank Corporation Now MetropolitanBank and Trust Company
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* THIRD DIVISION.
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said lapse of the period to appeal by any party, but the filing of
a motion for period, and prevents the finality of the decision or order
from setting in.·The rule is that while the decision of a court
becomes final upon the lapse of the period to appeal by any party,
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REYES, J.:
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Factual Antecedents
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Ruling of the CA
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29 CA Rollo, p. 205.
30 Art. 1308. The contract must bind both contracting parties; its
validity or compliance cannot be left to the will of one of them.
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34 Id., at p. 271.
35 Id., at pp. 262-263.
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41 Rollo, p. 13.
42 Id., at pp. 18-19.
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43 Teodoro v. Court of Appeals, 328 Phil. 116, 122; 258 SCRA 603,
607-608 (1996); Rules of Court, Rule 36, Section 2.
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52 CA Rollo, p. 305.
53 332 Phil. 844; 265 SCRA 72 (1996).
54 Id., at p. 850; p. 79.
55 655 Phil. 265; 640 SCRA 273 (2011).
56 Id., at p. 272; pp. 280-281.
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63 CA Rollo, p. 262.
64 Re: Guidelines in the Accreditation of Newspapers and Periodicals
and in the Distribution of Legal Notices and Advertisements for
Publication, October 16, 2001.
65 See Philippine Savings Bank v. Geronimo, supra note 48 at p. 386;
p. 375.
66 CA Rollo, p. 266.
67 574 Phil. 340; 551 SCRA 183 (2008).
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79 PNB v. Court of Appeals, 328 Phil. 54, 62-63; 258 SCRA 549, 556
(1996).
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89 Ingles v. Estrada, G.R. No. 141809, April 8, 2013, 695 SCRA 285,
313-314, citing First Marbella Condominium Association, Inc. v.
Gatmaytan, 579 Phil. 432, 438-439; 557 SCRA 155, 160 (2008).
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Thus:
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