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Escolastica Montesclaros Son, Et Al. Vs. Carmelino Son, Et Al.

ESCOLASTICA MONTESCLAROS SON, and HEIRS OF ANASTACIO SON, petitioners, vs. CARMELINO SON, TEOFISTA SON, PRIMITIVO SON, CIPRIANA SON, ANATALIA SON, LAREANO SON, GERARDA SON and THE HONORABLE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, respondents.

G.R. No. 73077 | 1995-12-29

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

The Revised Rules of Court was promulgated to provide a fair, orderly, and systematic procedure in the prosecution and defense of cases. However, the rules are flexible and at times, in clearly meritorious instances, liberally applied. This is one of them.

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court to reverse and set aside the decision of the Court of Appeals in AC-G.R. CV No. 67364 dated 3 October 1985, the dispositive portion of which reads as follows:

WHEREFORE, for reasons abovementioned, we hold that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict and...