[SEC-SICD * CASE NO. 04-99-6264. April 28, 2000.]
SPOUSES ROY S. TAN and SUSANA C. TAN, plaintiffs, vs. FONTANA RESORT & COUNTRY CLUB, INC., and RN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,defendants.
D E C I S I O N
Last December 7, 1999 at 10:00 o'clock in the morning, defendants were supposed to present their evidence. However, only counsel for petitioners appeared despite due notice on the part of counsel for defendants .
It must be emphasized that defendants were twice given the opportunity to present evidence. The first time was on November 22, 1999 where counsel for defendants merely sent their messenger to ask for postponement.
Upon oral motion of counsel for plaintiffs during the hearing on December 7, 1999, defendants' right to present evidence was deemed to have been waived. LLpr
In the afternoon of December 7, 1999, counsel for defendants Atty. Cecile L. Andin, came to the Commission and was informed of what transpired during the hearing.
On January 11, 2000, defendants filed their Motion for Reconsideration dated December 22, 1999 which cannot be considered since it is a prohibited pleading pursuant...
