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Rogelio Mariscal vs. Court of Appeals and Bella C. Catalan 311 SCRA 51

ROGELIO MARISCAL, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and BELLA C. CATALAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 123926 | 1999-07-22

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

The only issue in this petition for review is whether the appellate court erred in setting aside the order of the trial court denying the motion to dismiss on the ground of litis pendencia.

The antecedent facts: On 29 March 1993 private respondent Bella C. Catalan filed a complaint against petitioner Rogelio Mariscal before the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo for the annulment of their marriage contracted on 4 April 1988 on the ground that it was void ab initio for having been solemnized without a valid marriage license and for being bigamous. She also sought to recover from Mariscal the sum of $32,000.00...