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Maximino Valdez Vs. Magdalena Mendoza 089 Phil 83

MAXIMINO VALDEZ ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. MAGDALENA MENDOZA ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-2847 | 1951-05-28

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

By resolution dated October 21, 1948 the court of first instance of Bulacan dismissed its civil case No. 293 entitled "Valdez et al. vs. Mendoza et al". The dismissal was ordered as a result of the defendants' plea of res judicata. The plaintiffs appealed.

In that case, begun in September 1948, the appellants Maximino Valdez and his daughter Emerita Valdez sued the administrator and the heirs of the deceased Juan Valdez (son of Maximino) to have themselves declared the owners of one half of the land in San Miguel, Bulacan (Lot No. 1882) registered in the name of Juan Valdez under Transfer Certificate of...