LOGICALL, INC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JPMED ASIAN PACIFIC, INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND TELEDATACOM PHILIPPINES, INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLEE.
CORALES, J.:
We directed the counsel for Defendant-Appellant JPMED Asian Pacific,
Inc. (JPMED) to submit his authority to act for and in behalf of the
said corporation and to show cause why he should not be cited in
contempt for disobeying this Court’s November 5, 2012 Minute Resolution[2] all within five (5) days from notice.
However, per verification from the Court of Appeals Case Management Information System[3] (CMIS) on May 23, 2014, counsel for JPMED failed to comply with Our August 23, 2013 Resolution despite receipt thereof.[4]
Accordingly, We are constrained to dismiss this appeal for failure of
defendant-appellant to complete or correct the records within the time
limited by this Court.[5]
WHEREFORE, the appeal is hereby DISMISSED.
SO ORDERED.
Villon and Macalino, JJ., concur.
[1] Rollo, pages 273-275.
[2] Ibid., page 246.
[3] CMIS Verification dated May 23, 2014, ibid., page 284.
[4] See tracer for registered letter No. AIV-361 addressed to Cervantes & Associates, ibid., page 283.
[5] Rule 50 of the
Rules of Court. Section 1. Grounds for dismissal of appeal. An appeal
may be dismissed by the Court of Appeals, on its own motion or on that
of the appellee, on the following grounds:
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(g) Failure of the appellant to take the necessary steps for
the correction or completion of the record within the time limited by
the court in its order.