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Coca vs. De Pangilinan, et al

Intestate Estate of the Spouses Juan C. Pangilinan and Teresa Magtuba. FILOMENO COCA, Administrator, PRIMA PANGILINAN, and HEIRS OF CONCEPCION PANGILINAN-YAMUTA, namely, MARIA P. YAMUTA DE ATAY, EUSEBIO P. YAMUTA, and APOLINAR P. YAMUTA, petitioners-aPpel

G.R. No. L-27082/G.R. No. L-29545 | 1978-01-31

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

These two cases involve the question of whether the ownership of a parcel of land, whether belonging to the deceased spouses or to their heirs, should be decided in the intestate proceeding or in a separate action. Also in issue in these two cases is the liability of the decedents' estate for the litigation expenses allegedly incurred in a case regarding that same land.

Being related cases, their adjudication in a single decision was allowed in this Court's resolution of August 18, 1969.

The spouses Juan Pangilinan and Teresa Magtuba died intestate in 1943 and 1948, respectively. They possessed a homestead,...