Back

Obando & Estates of Jose and Alegria Figueras vs Figueras & Amigo Realty

FELIZARDO S. OBANDO and the ESTATES of JOSE FIGUERAS and DO?A ALEGRIA STREBEL VDA. DE FIGUERAS, petitioners, vs. EDUARDO F. FIGUERAS and AMIGO REALTY CORPORATION as represented by ANTONIO A. KAW, respondents.

G.R. No. 134854 | 2000-01-18

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

In resolving this appeal, the Court invokes the following principles: (1) a lawyer's standing in a case remains, until a substitute takes over pursuant to Section 26, Rule 138 of the Rules of Court; (2) a trial court may act upon a motion to dismiss at any time a ground therefor becomes available, even after a responsive pleading to the complaint has already been filed; (3) a civil case initiated by an estate administrator may be dismissed upon a showing that the said administrator's appointment as such has been revoked by the probate court; and (4) the dismissal of an action may be made after the ground...