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Diosdidit Cuenca vs. Restituto Cuenca 168 SCRA 335

DIOSDIDIT, BALDOMERO, FILOMENO, ELPIDIO, AIDA, all surnamed CUENCA, petitioners, vs. RESTITUTO CUENCA, MELADORA CUENCA and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 72321 | 1988-12-08

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This petition for review on certiorari seeks the reversal of the resolutions of the then Intermediate Appellate Court, now Court of Appeals, denying the petitioners' motion for new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.

Private respondents Restituto Cuenca and Meladora Cuenca filed a complaint for recovery of real property and damages against the petitioners before the then Court of First Instance of Davao del Norte. The case was docketed as Civil Case No. 1240.

After trial, the lower court rendered a decision in favor of the petitioners. The lower court dismissed the complaint.

The private...