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Heirs of Luisa Valdez vs. Intermediate Appellate Co

HEIRS OF LUISA VALDEZ: Francisco Mamuyac, et al.; HEIRS OF MA. CONSORCIA VALDEZ: Jonathan Pambid, et al.; and HEIRS OF ALFONSO VALDEZ: Alejandro Valdez, et al., petitioners, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and MILAGROS VALDEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. L-74992 | 1988-03-28

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

By this decision we hope at long last to write finis to a case that first reached the courts thirty-seven (37) years ago.

The case was instituted in 1951 in the Court of First Instance of La Union. The action, which was for partition and damages, docketed as Civil Case No. 510, was brought by Luisa Valdez, Maria Consorcia Valdez and the heirs of Alfonso Valdez ---- Alejandro, Camilo, Alfredo and Carlos. The defendant was Venancio Valdez, brother of the aforenamed Luisa, Ma. Consorcia and Alfonso. Subject of the action was six (6) parcels of land. 1

The action resulted in a judgment rendered on June 30,...