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Marciana Dapin Vs. Albino Dionaldo

MARCIANA DAPIN AND ADRIANO MALMIS, petitioners, vs. ALBINO, DOMINGO, PATERNO, GENARO, MONTANO, AVELINA ROSAL all surnamed DIONALDO and HONORABLE PRESIDING JUDGE MELQUIADES SUCALDITO, respondents.

G.R. No. 55488 | 1992-05-15

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

Is the petitioners' motion for new trial merely pro forma such that the filing thereof did not suspend the running of the period to appeal? The resolution of this question will determine whether or not a writ of mandamus may issue to compel the respondent trial court to approve the petitioners' record on appeal.

On August 2, 1979, the private respondents, heirs of Monica Pocong, filed an action for partition with prayer for damages against the petitioners-spouses Marciana Dapin and Adriano Malmis. The private respondents alleged that Marciana Dapin unlawfully deprived the private respondents' mother,...