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Heirs of Tanak Pangawaran Patiwayan etal vs A. M.M.

HEIRS OF TANAK PANGAWARAN PATIWAYAN, namely: PATIWAYAN MANANQUE, ARABIA, RAMIR, SARAMIA, INOBODAN, SAMLAN, PINJAMAT, and NORMA, all surnamed PATIWAYAN, all represented herein by their attorney-in-fact, RAMIR PATIWAYAN, petitioners, vs. HON. ANTONIO M. MARTINEZ, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Davao, Branch VI; TAGWALAN PANGARAWAN; BALANG ATIS; BOCAOCAWI (Moro); JANE DOE and JILL DOE, minors, represented herein by their natural mother and guardian NAPSA (Mora), respondents.

G.R. No. L-49027 | 1986-06-06

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J:

This petition seeks the annulment of the decision and the order of the then Court of First Instance of Davao, Branch VI which dismissed the complaint and motion for reconsideration filed by petitioner, respectively, on the ground that the Court has no jurisdiction over the case, petitioner not having the legal personality to file the complaint.

On July 1, 1976, Tanak Pangawaran-Patiwayan filed a complaint against the private respondents for annulment of title, reconveyance of successional shares, partition, accounting and damages. The complaint, in substance, alleged that a certain Pangawaran (one...