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Dimmayacyac vs. Court of Appeals

ATTY. REYNALDO P. DIMAYACYAC and BRIGIDA ALLONES, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, HONORABLE JUDGE NELLY L. ROMERO VALDELLON, ETC., RIZAL PROVINCIAL SHERIFF and ALFREDO BARRO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-50907 | 1979-09-27

D E C I S I O N

ABAD SANTOS, J:

The basic issue in this case is whether or not Judge Nelly L. Romero Valdellon of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch XXII, committed a grave abuse of discretion by declaring petitioners Reynaldo P. Dimayacyac and Brigida Allones, defendants in Civil Case No. 29061, in default and rendering judgment against Dimayacyac under the circumstances recited hereunder.

Brigida Allones and Alfredo Barro were co-owners in equal shares of a parcel of land situated on P. Guanzon St., Makati, Metro Manila, with an area of one hundred and fifty (150) square meters. Allones sold her share to Reynaldo P....