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Libi vs. Intermediate Appellate Court

CRESENCIO LIBI * and AMELIA YAP LIBI, petitioners, vs. HON. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, FELIPE GOTIONG and SHIRLEY GOTIONG, respondents.

G.R. No. 70890 | 1992-09-18

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
REGALADO, J.: 
 
One of the ironic verities of life, it has been said, is that sorrow is sometimes a touchstone of love. A tragic illustration is provided by the instant case, wherein two lovers died while still in the prime of their years, a bitter episode for those whose lives they have touched. While we cannot expect to award complete assuagement to their families through seemingly prosaic legal verbiage, this disposition should at least terminate the acrimony and rancor of an extended judicial contest resulting from the unfortunate...