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Leonardo Catain vs. Herminio Rios, Et Al.

LEONARDO CATAIN, plaintiff-appellant, vs. HERMINIO RIOS and MARIANO TAMAYO, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-27345 | 1969-02-28

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

This appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Palawan, dismissing Civil Case No. 313 thereof, is before Us upon certification by the Court of Appeals, only questions of law being raised therein. 

Before the institution of said case, plaintiff Leonardo Catain had filed Civil Case No. 268 of the same court, which was dismissed, upon the ground that, although its object was to recover the possession of a land, the right thereto hinged on the ownership thereof, in view of which the court reserved to the parties the right to settle this question in another action therefor. Hence,...