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Rosalina Bonifacio vs Judge Dizon

ROSALINA BONIFACIO, surviving wife; and children GABRIEL, PONCIANO, TIBURCIO, BEATRIZ, GENEROSA, SILVERIA, LEONARDO, FELOMENA, ENCARNACION and LEONILA, all surnamed BONIFACIO, petitioners, vs. HON. NATIVIDAD G. DIZON, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Branch XIII, Malolos, Bulacan and PASTORA SAN MIGUEL, respondents.

G.R. No. 79416 | 1989-09-05

D E C I S I O N

FERNAN, C.J.:

The issue raised in the instant petition for certiorari certified to us by the Court of Appeals in its resolution 1 dated November 28, 1986 in CA-G.R. SP No. 10033 as involving a pure question of law is phrased by petitioners, thus:

"WHETHER OR NOT, THE FAVORABLE JUDGMENT OBTAINED BY THE DECEDENT IS INHERITED BY THE COMPULSORY HEIRS, THEREBY VESTING TO THE LATTER, ALL THE RIGHTS CONFERRED BY THE JUDGMENT TO (sic) THE DECEDENT." 2

The favorable judgment adverted to by petitioners traces its origin to the complaint filed on July 1, 1968 by Olimpio Bonifacio before the then Court of Agrarian Relations,...