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Lualhati A. Cojuangco vs. Purificacion Villegas, et al.

LUALHATI A. COJUANGCO, petitioner, vs. PURIFICACION VILLEGAS and the PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH XVII, MALOLOS, BULACAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 76838 | 1990-04-17

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C. J.:

The instant petition for certiorari and prohibition raises the ultimate issue of whether or not the execution of a final judgment in an ejectment case may be stayed by a co-equal court in order that the right of indemnification and retention of an alleged builder in good faith may not be rendered meaningless or illusory in an independent civil action for specific performance.

Petitioner Lualhati Aldaba Cojuangco is the widow of Don Juan Cojuangco, the registered owner of the disputed parcel of residential land containing an area of 585 square meters and situated at San Agustin, Malolos, Bulacan.

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