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Salvador Ascalon, etal. Vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

SALVADOR ASCALON, FELICIDAD ASCALON DE JEREZA, SOLEDAD ASCALON, DIONISIO MIRASOL, ERNESTO MIRASOL, EDITHA DITCHING, MARIO A. DITCHING, CORAZON DITCHING, OTHELIA DITCHING, ESTRELLA TRIUMFO, JOSEFA DITCHING, MARCIANO DITCHING, ROSITA DlTCHING, JUAN DITCHING, JOSE DITCHING and VICENTE DITCHING, JR., petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and LUIS E. CUAYCONG, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 34313 | 1988-03-11

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The petitioners seek the setting aside of the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 37766-R which modified the order of the then Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental, 12th Judicial District in Spec. Proc. No. 324 (5358) declaring the disputed properties as conjugal in nature.

After the death of Praxedes Ascalon on June 1, 1959, respondent Luis E. Cuaycong, Jr., initiated the filing of Spec. Proc. No 324 before the then Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental. Praxedes was survived by the following
heirs:

"a) Her husband Luis D. Cuaycong, Sr.

b) Her brother and sisters:

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