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A. M. Hechanova, etal. Vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

ABADESA MU?OZ HECHANOVA, MANUEL HECHANOVA, MARIA CLARA HECHANOVA, TERESITA HECHANOVA, ERLINDA HECHANOVA, and POMPEYO HECHANOVA (In substitution of the late Zosimo Hechanova), petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, ELDIGARDA B. VOCALES and RESTITUTA B. CASTILLO with her husband TIMOTEO CASTILLO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-48787 | 1986-11-14

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals dated May 19, 1978 in CA-G.R. No. 48614-R titled ELDIGARDA B. VOCALES, et al. v. ABADESA MUá'OZ HECHANOVA, et al., which reversed in toto the decision of the Court of First Instance of Northern Samar (Branch VII) in Civil Case No. A-10 (C-387) dismissing private respondents' (plaintiffs therein) complaint on the ground of indubitability of petitioners' (defendants therein) affirmative defenses.

It is undisputed that Florencio Barros, the deceased father of private respondents, was the original owner of the lot in question....