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Cortes vs. Valdellon

CLARO S. CORTES, petitioner-appellant, vs. HON. NELLY L. ROMERO VALDELLON, Judge CFI Bulacan, MANUEL F. CRUZ, ALEJANDRO CORREA, and the HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-40891 | 1976-04-30

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

The Court reverses the Court of Appeals' decision upholding respondent judge's disputed order setting aside a previous dismissal of respondents' petition for review and reopening of a land registration decree on respondents' bare assertion two years later that they had not been served the dismissal order. Although the registry receipt and return card were not available in the record, respondents' bare denial cannot prevail over the certification of the postal officials based on official records conclusively showing the actual fact and specific date of service by registered mail on respondents' counsel, and...