SPOUSES ARNIE NABUA AND CYNTHIA NABUA, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, VS. SPOUSES LINO REGELME AND DELIA REGELME, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES.

Decisions / Signed Resolutions March 10, 2012 SPECIAL ELEVENTH DIVISION


PAREDES, J.:[*]


Appellants were in receipt[1] of the  Notice[2]  to file Brief  on August 9, 2014; they had until September 23, 2014 to file the Appellants’ Brief. As of November 14, 2014, appellants still had failed to file the Brief per CMIS verification report[3].

Section 1, Rule 50 of the Rules of Court provides:

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:

x x x;
(e) Failure of the appellant to serve and file the required number of copies of his brief or memorandum within the time provided by these Rules;

x x x.

IN VIEW WHEREOF, the APPEAL from the Decision dated March 10, 2012 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 171, Valenzuela City, in CIVIL CASE No. 9-V-10, is DISMISSED.

SO ORDERED.

Dicdican, (Chairperson), and [**]Corales, JJ., concur.


[*] Acting Senior Member per Office Order No. 461-14-ABR dated November 3, 2014.

[**] Acting Junior Member per Office Order No. 461-14-ABR dated November 3, 2014.

[1] Registry Return Receipt, rollo, p. 19-A.

[2] Rollo, p. 19.

[3] Rollo, p. 20.