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Peltan Development, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

PELTAN DEVELOPMENT, INC., PATROCINIO E. MARGOLLES, EDGARDO C. ESPINOSA, VIRGINIA E. VILLONGCO, LUCIA E. LAPERAL, NORMA C. 1 ESPINOSA, TERESITA E. CASAL and ALICE E. SOTTO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, ALEJANDRO Q. REY and JUAN B. ARAUJO, respondents.

G.R. No. 117029 | 1997-03-19

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

In resolving a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action, should the Court of Appeals invoke a Supreme Court decision promulgated after such motion was filed by defendants and ruled upon by the trial court? Is such invocation violative of the rule that motions to dismiss based on lack of cause of action should be ruled upon only on the basis of the allegations of the complaint? Who are the real parties-in-interest in an action to cancel a Torrens certificate of title?

Petitioners challenge the Decision 2 of public respondent 3 in CA-G.R. CV No. 28244 promulgated on June 29, 1994, which...