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Pedro M. Estella, Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

PEDRO M. ESTELLA and FE K. ESTELLA, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, Third Division, HON. CORONA IBAY SOMERA, Presiding Judge, Branch XXVI, Regional Trial Court of Manila, and SPOUSES RICARDO M. PEREZ and LOLITA DIAZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 76884 | 1990-05-28

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

Petitioner-spouses Pedro and Fe Estella pray that this Court overturn the resolution of the Court of Appeals dated September 12, 1986 in C.A.-G.R. No. 10255-UDK which dismissed petitioners' appeal for failure to prosecute.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

Rosario N. Concepcion was the original owner of the disputed residential land with a three-door apartment thereon, situated in Sta. Cruz, Manila, covered by TCT No. 80786 and declared under Tax Declaration No. 2048. On May 6, 1970, Concepcion sold the property to herein petitioners who registered the sale with the Register of Deeds of Manila which...