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	GR No. 175444 2011-12-14	JAIME ABALOS AND SPS. FELIX SALAZAR AND CONSUELO SALAZAR v. HEIRS OF VICENTE TORIO PERALTA, J.
Preliminarily, the Court agrees with the observation of respondents that some of the petitioners in the instant petition were the intervenors[11] when the case was filed with the MTC. Records would show that they did not appeal the Decision of the MTC.[12] The settled rule is that failure to perfect an appeal renders the judgment final and executory.[13] Hence, insofar as the intervenors in the MTC are concerned, the judgment of the MTC had already become final and executory.
	GR No. 170728 2011-08-31	D. M. WENCESLAO v. CITY OF PARAÑAQUE VILLARAMA, JR., J.
Evidently, where the appellate docket fee is not paid in full within the reglementary period, the decision of the trial court becomes final and no longer susceptible to an appeal. For once a decision becomes final, the appellate court is without jurisdiction to entertain the appeal.[19]