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Edilberto Noel, Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

EDILBERTO NOEL (now PINITO W. MERCADO) as ADMINISTRATOR OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF GREGORIO NANAMAN and HILARIA TABUCLIN, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and JOSE C. DELESTE, respondents.

G.R. No. 59550 | 1995-01-11

D E C I S I O N


QUIASON, J.:

The consolidated cases, G.R. Nos. 59550 and 60636, are petitions for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Amended Decision dated May 14, 1981 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 56303-R, which affirmed in toto the decision of the Court of First Instance, Branch II, Lanao del Norte in Special Proceedings No. 596 (II-94) in favor of Jose C. Deleste, private respondent herein.

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Gregorio Nanaman and Hilaria Tabuclin (Nanaman spouses) were a childless, legally-married couple. Gregorio, however, had a child named Virgilio Nanaman by another woman. Since he was two years old,...