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Librada N. firme,et al vs. Arsenio Reyes, et al

LIBRADA N. FIRME and FLORENCIO FIRME, petitioners, vs. ARSENIO REYES, HON. SIMEON M. GOPENGCO, as Presiding Judge of Branch XXV of the Court of First Instance of Manila, G. A. MACHINERIES, INC., SHERIFF OF MANILA and GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, r

G.R. No. L-35858 | 1979-08-21

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

The procedural issue in this case, which had already been resolved by the Court of Appeals in a decision from which the petitioners did not appeal, is whether the petitioners' motion for the reconsideration of the lower court's adverse judgment against them was a mere scrap of paper because it had no notice of hearing and, hence, the said judgment had become executory.

In Civil Case No. 62906 the Court of First Instance of Manila rendered a decision dated March 1, 1971, declaring Arsenio Reyes the owner of a 165-square-meter lot and the house standing thereon located at 2371 Del Pan Street, Sta. Ana, Manila...