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Heirs of Antonio Pael & Andrea Alcantara & Crisanto Pael vs CA, et al

HEIRS OF ANTONIO PAEL and ANDREA ALCANTARA and CRISANTO PAEL, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, JORGE H. CHIN and RENATO B. MALLARI, respondents.

G.R. No. 133547 | 2000-02-10

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

These are separate petitions for review assailing the Decision dated April 29, 1998 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 45425.1 [Rollo, G.R. No. 133843, pp. 44-102.] The two petitions were ordered consolidated by this Court on August 16, 1999.2 [Rollo, G.R. No. 133843, p. 534.]

This case has its beginnings in a complaint filed by Maria Destura on December 9, 1993 against herein private respondents Jorge H. Chin, Renato B. Mallari and plaintiff's own husband, Pedro Destura. The complaint was docketed as Civil Case No. Q-93-18569 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 96.3 [Rollo,...