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Kao, Sy, et al. Vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

SY KAO and CHUA LIAN KING, petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HONORABLE JOSE P. CASTRO, Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch IX, (Quezon City) and CHUA KENG GIAP, respondents.

G.R. No. L-61752 | 1984-09-28

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The doctrine of res judicata is invoked by herein petitioners as ground for instituting the present petition after the respondent court denied their motion to dismiss based on the same doctrine.

Petitioners Sy Kao and Chua Lian King, are the widow and son respectively of the late Chua Bing Guan, who died on October 29, 1967.

On November 11, 1967, the petitioners executed a deed of "Extra Judicial Settlement of the Estate of the late Chua Bing Guan", adjudicating to themselves as the only surviving heirs all the properties left by the deceased. This deed was duly registered.

On November 14, 1968,...