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Heirs of Gavino Sabanal vs. B.K.Gorospe, etal.

HEIRS OF GAVINO SABANAL, NAMELY, TECLA VDA. DE SABANAL, CARINA SABANAL and REGNER SABANAL, petitioners, vs. THE HON. BENJAMIN K. GOROSPE, in his capacity as the then Presiding Judge of the CFI of Misamis Oriental, Br. 1, 15th Judicial District, CARMEL REALTY & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, and DANTE SARRAGA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-50168 | 1988-09-30

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

At issue in this petition is the authority of a trial court to dismiss an appeal from its own decision.

This case has its origin from Land Registration Case No. 225 (GLRO Rec. No. N-22467) brought before the Court of First Instance of Misamis Oriental on April 12, 1962, where Gavino Sabanal, substituted by herein petitioners upon his death on December 2, 1977, was the original applicant for the registration of Cadastral Lot No. 3845-C-5 at Carmen, Cagayan de Oro. Oppositors to the application of Gavino Sabanal were his brothers, sisters and other relatives who claimed that the property sought to be...