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Francisco Magno, et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

FRANCISCO MAGNO, ESPERANZA MAGNO, EULOGIO MAGNO, AMELIA MAGNO VASQUEZ, ULPIANO VASQUEZ, JOSE O. MAGNO, NICANOR P. MAGNO, FELECITAS O. MAGNO, and LOURDES O. MAGNO, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGE MARIANO BENEDICTO of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija and DONATO M. VERGARA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-28486 | 1981-09-10

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

A petition for review on Certiorari of the judgment of the Court of Appeals promulgated on December 2, 1967.

Before the Bulacan Court of First Instance, in Civil Case No. 3198-M (Bulacan Case), which was an action between members of the same family for partition of war damage payments received from the United States Government, judgment by default was rendered on September 9, 1966 in favor of petitioners herein, as the plaintiffs in the said case, and against private respondent Donato M. Vergara and his father-in-law, Meliton Magno, jointly and severally, as defendants therein. Judgment having...