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Dulap, et al vs. CA, et al.

PEDRO DULAP and DOLORES AMPARO, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and ASIAN SURETY & INSURANCE CO., INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-28306 | 1971-12-18

D E C I S I O N


VILLAMOR, J:

In this appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch III, in its Civil Case No. 56528, the question presented is whether the said Branch III has the power or authority to annul a judgment rendered by Branch XVII of the same court.

The spouses Pedro Dulap and Dolores Amparo, petitioners herein, were owners of a parcel of land in Novaliches, Quezon City, containing an area of five thousand (5,000) square meters, more or less, and covered by TCT No. 66821.
Through some happening which later became the subject of a criminal action, the...