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Antonio Orbase, etal. Vs. Maxima Nocos, etal.

ANTONIO ORBASE and MILAGROS ORBASE, petitioners, vs. MAXIMA NOCOS, JULIAN ZAPANTA, CESAR PANIMBATAN and INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, SECOND CIVIL CASES DIVISION, METRO MANILA, PRESIDED OVER BY HON. JUSTICES CRISOLITO PASCUAL, SERAFIN E. CAMILON and DESIDERIO P. JURADO, respondents.

G.R. No. 70603 | 1986-05-30

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J:

In this special civil action for certiorari, petitioners Antonio and Milagros Orbase question the power of the Intermediate Appellate Court to amend its decision after entry of judgment had been made.

The factual background is as follows:

In Civil Case No. 270 of the former Court of First Instance of South Cotabato, the spouses Antonio and Milagros Orbase (petitioners herein) sued Maxima Nocos, Julian Zapanta and Cesar Panimbatan (private respondents herein). The complaint prayed that judgment be rendered against the defendants:

"1. appointing a receiver to take possession of the building in...