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Jose Cuenco Borromeo, et al. vs IACt, et al.

JOSE CUENCO BORROMEO, PETRA BORROMEO and VITALIANA BORROMEO, petitioners, vs. HON. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, HON. FRANCISCO P. BURGOS, RICARDO V. REYES, DOMINGO ANTIGUA and NUMERIANO G. ESTENZO, respondents.

G.R. No. 73592 | 1996-03-15

PANGANIBAN, J.:


What constitutes "forum-shopping" under the Interim Rules of Court? This is the question presented in this petition for review on certiorari of the Decision 1 in AC-G.R. SP No. 03409 of the then Intermediate Appellate Court 2 dismissing petitioners' appeal from an order of the then Court of First Instance of Cebu regarding an incident in Special Proceedings No. 916-R for the settlement of the estate of the deceased Vito Borromeo.

By resolution dated November 13, 1995, the First Division of this Court transferred this case, along with several others, to the Third. After due deliberation and consultation on the petition...