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L. Morales, etal vs Court of Cavite, Br. V. etal.

LEOPOLDO MORALES and PRINCESITA SANTERO MORALES, vs. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CAVITE, BR. V, ATTY. ROLANDO DIAZ, in his capacity as Administrator of the Intestate Estate of SIMONA PAMUTI, ROBERTO MELGAR and FELISA JARDIN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47125 | 1986-12-29

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J:

This special civil action of certiorari and prohibition deals with the jurisdiction of a probate court to rule on the validity of the redemption by the estate under administration of a parcel of land which while it was originally owned by the decedent and has as such been included in the inventory of properties, had been mortgaged during the decedent's lifetime and thereafter sold to the mortgagee at extrajudicial foreclosure proceedings, such mortgagee having taken possession of the property in question.

As gleaned from the pleadings together with the annexes filed by the parties to this petition, the...