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Wenceslao Monserrate, etal.Vs Court of Appeals etal

WENCESLAO D. MONSERRATE, IGNACIO D. MONSERRATE, JOSE D. MONSERRATE and HEIRS OF MARIA MONSERRATE VDA. DE CAILES, petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, ERVIN O. POMPA and HON. CARLOS RUSTIA, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 28 Santa Cruz, Laguna, respondents.

G.R. No. 78339 | 1989-09-29

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking the annulment of the January 29, 1987 decision of the Court of Appeals * in CA-G.R. SP No. 02686 "Wenceslao D. Monserrate, et al. vs. Ervin O. Pompa, et al.": and the April 23, 1987 resolution of the same Court denying herein petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

The facts of this case, as found by the Court of Appeals, are as follows:

"On September 7, 1981, a verified petition for the adoption of Ervin O. Pompa who, at the time was alleged to be married to Dorothea Albovia, 32 years of age, and a resident of Nagcarlan, Laguna, was filed with the then...