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Sps Melo and Barreto vs Hon CA and Coronel

SPS. APOLINARIO MELO and LILIA T. MELO, and JULIA BARRETO, petitioners vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS and ARSENIA CORONEL, respondents.

G.R. No. 123686 | 1999-11-16

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the resolution1 [Per Justice Bernardo LL. Salas and concurred in by Justices Pedro A. Ramirez and Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez.] of the Court of Appeals, dated January 2, 1996, affirming the denial by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 57, Angeles City, of the motion to dismiss filed by petitioners spouses Apolinario and Lilia Melo and Julia Barreto.

The facts are not disputed:

Private respondent Arsenia Coronel mortgaged to the Rural Bank of Mabalacat, Inc. a parcel of land in Angeles City, covered by T.C.T. No. 43872, to secure a loan of P60,000.00. Because of...