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2000-11-15 |
VITUG, J. |
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| Not being a natural right or a part of due process, but merely a statutory privelege, the right to appeal may be exercised only in the manner and in accordance with rules provided therefor.[19] A failure to perfect an appeal within the prescribed period has the effect of rendering final the judgment of a court, and an appellee's failure to file a motion for dismissal of appeal in the court of origin before the transmittal of the record to the appellate court does not constitute a waiver on his part to interpose such objection.[20] | |||||