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No. L38974. March 25, 1975.
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hearing Reason for necessity of.Unless the movant sets the time
and place of hearing, the court would have no way to determine
whether the adverse party agrees to or objects to the motion, and
if he objects, to hear him on his objection, since the Rules of Court
do not fix any period within which he may file his reply or
opposition.
Same Same Same Defect in notice cured by courts taking
cognizance of motion.Granting that the notice is defective for
failure to specify the exact date when the motion to dismiss
should be heard, the court, in taking cognizance of the motion on
the date set for the hearing thereof, cured whatever iota of defect
such a pleading may have had, especially if it is taken into
account that upon receipt of the motion to dismiss, the plaintiff
wa s properly notified of the existence of said pleading.
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Greetings:
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Counsels who filed the instant petition know more than any
body else that their motion to di smiss did not comply with the
standards required in the decision above quoted for it was
addressed to the Clerk of Court and not to the party concerned. As
such, said motion to dismiss was b ut a useless piece of paper
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19 14 SCRA 435.
20 Sun Uy Giok v. Matusa, 101 Phil., 727 Borja v. Tan, 93 Phil., 167
Duran E mbate v. Penolio, 93 Phil., 782 Llanto v. Ali Dimaporo, 16 SCRA
599 De Rapisura v. Nicolas, 16 SCRA 798 Cledera v. Sarmiento, 39
SCRA 572.
21 Villanueva Transportation Co. v. Moya (42) SCRA 157), citing Sunga
v. Lacson, 23 SCRA 393.
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A party who has been declared in default may likewise appeal from the
judgment rendered against him as contrary to the evidence or to the law,
even if no petition for relief to set aside the order of default has been
presented by him in accordance with Rule 38.
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