Residual Jurisdiction
Rule 42 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure provides that before the Court of Appeals gives due course to the petition for review, the Regional Trial Court may issue orders for the protection and preservation of the rights of the parties which do not involve any matter litigated by the appeal, approve compromises, permit appeals of indigent litigants, order execution pending appeal in accordance with Section 2 of Rule 39,a nd allow withdrawal of the appeal.
