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Circa Nila Dev't Corp., etal. Vs. S.J.Baylen, etal.

CIRCA NILA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, TEODORO K. KATIGBAK and JENNIFER EVIDENTE BAERTGES, petitioners, vs. HON. SALVADOR J. BAYLEN, Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch CXXI, Caloocan City, INTESTATE ESTATE OF SOLEDAD BALATBAT and TESTATE ESTATE OF RICARDO BALATBAT, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-69757-58 | 1988-01-29

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

The lone issue in these cases is whether or not the Regional Trial Court, sitting as a probate court, may compel performance under a contract it had approved incidental to its office as such a special court.

There is no dispute as to the facts.

On February 21, 1984, the Estates of Soledad and Ricardo Balatbat, subject of a settlement proceeding pending with respondent Judge, entered into a "Property Management and Exchange Contract" with the petitioners Circa Nila Development Corporation, represented by petitioner Teodoro Katigbak, and Jennifer Baertges, both real estate developers. The contract charged...