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E.Bautista, etal. Vs. C.C.Grino-Aquino, etal.

EMILIANA BAUTISTA, as Heirs of the late MANUEL BAUTISTA and EVANGELINE BAUTISTA, petitioners, vs. HON. JUSTICES CAROLINA C. GRI?O-AQUINO, MANUEL T. REYES, AND JAIME M. LANTIN, in their capacity as Justices of the Special First Division of the Court of Appeals, HON. PEDRO JL. BAUTISTA, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch III, Pasay City MANOLITO BAUTISTA, BENJAMIN DE GUZMAN, BETTY N. BAUTISTA, alias BEATRIZ BAUTISTA, NELIA N. BAUTISTA, GLORIA N. BAUTISTA, CLARITA N. BAUTISTA and ROSALINA BAUTISTA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-79958 | 1988-10-28

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

Can the property of the surviving husband be the subject of an extrajudicial partition of the estate of the deceased wife? This is the singular issue in this petition.

In Civil Case No. 4033-P, petitioners instituted an action in the Court of First Instance of Rizal to declare the deed of extrajudicial partition, deed of absolute sale, Transfer Certificates of Title Nos. 14182, 14186 and 15665 all of Registry of Deeds of Pasay City and Tax Declaration No. 5147, null and void.

On January 6, 1976, the parties submitted an Agreed Stipulation of Facts dated December 15, 1975:

1. That both parties admit that...