Practice question
The court grants Rule38 relief because a qualifying event prevented appeal. Petitioner demands an immediate favorable merits judgment without appeal-record elevation. What does Section7 require?
- Automatic victory on every claim
- Give due course to the appeal and elevate the record as if timely and proper
- Automatic acquittal in every civil case
- Destruction of the original judgment without review
- A private merits decision by counsel
Legal references
- Continuing Rules35 Section5;36 Sections2–6;37 Sections5,9;38 Sections4–7;41 Section2;22 Section1: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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