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Villanueva vs. Court of Appeals

PROCOPIO VILLANUEVA, NICOLAS RETUYA and PACITA VILLANUEVA, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS and THE HEIRS OF EUSEBIA NAPISA RETUYA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 143286 | 2004-04-14

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
CARPIO, J.:
 
This petition for review on certiorari1 seeks the reversal of the Court of Appeals’ Decision dated 31 January 2000 as well as its Resolution dated 25 April 2000 in CA-G.R. No. CV-46716. The assailed Decision dismissed petitioners’ appeal of the Decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 55, Mandaue City ("trial court").
 
On 13 October 1988, Eusebia Napisa Retuya ("Eusebia") filed a complaint before the trial court against her husband Nicolas Retuya ("Nicolas"), Pacita Villanueva...