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Leoncia Balogbog, et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

LEONCIA BALOGBOG and GAUDIOSO BALOGBOG, petitioners vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, RAMONITO BALOGBOG and GENEROSO BALOGBOG, respondents.

G.R. No. 83598 | 1997-03-07

SECOND DIVISION
D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision 1 of the Court of Appeals, affirming the decision of the Court of First Instance of Cebu City (Branch IX), declaring private respondents heirs of the deceased Basilio and Genoveva Balogbog entitled to inherit from them.

The facts are as follows. Petitioners Leoncia and Gaudioso Balogbog are the children of Basilio Balogbog and Genoveva Arzibal who died intestate in 1951 and 1961, respectively. They had an older brother, Gavino, but he died in 1935, predeceasing their parents.

In 1968, private respondents Ramonito and Generoso Balogbog brought an action...