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Socorro Sepulveda Lawas vs. Court oof Appeals, et al

SOCORRO SEPULVEDA LAWAS, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. BERNARDO LL. SALAS, [as Judge, CFI, Cebu, Branch VIII], and PACIFICO PELAEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. L-45809 | 1986-12-12

D E C I S I O N


FERIA, J:

This is an appeal by certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court from the decision of the Court of Appeals which dismissed the petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of said Rules against respondent Judge Bernardo Ll. Salas of the Court of First Instance of Cebu.

The antecedent facts are briefly as follows:

Private respondent Pacifico Pelaez filed a Complaint on December 6, 1972 against petitioner's father, Pedro Sepulveda, for ownership and partition of certain parcels of land. Defendant Pedro Sepulveda filed his Answer dated December 31, 1972 resisting the claim and raising the special defenses of...