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Heirs of Cesario Velasquez vs CA and Heirs of Anatalia De Guzman

HEIRS OF CESARIO VELASQUEZ, namely: ANASTACIA VELASQUEZ, SOFIA VELASQUEZ, ELISEO VELASQUEZ, JOSE VELASQUEZ, CORAZON VELASQUEZ, LEONORA VELASQUEZ, and NIEVES VELASQUEZ, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and HEIRS OF ANATALIA DE GUZMAN, namely: SANTIAGO MENESES, ANDRES MENESES, FELICIDAD MENESES, and APOLONIO MENESES, respondents.

G.R. No. 126996 | 2000-02-15

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari filed by petitioners assailing the December 29, 1995 decision1 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 39729 affirming the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pangasinan, Branch 40, Dagupan City2 in Civil Case No. D-9288 and the resolution dated November 6, 1996 denying their motion for reconsideration.

Spouses Leoncia de Guzman and Cornelio Aquino died intestate sometime in 1945 and 1947, respectively and were childless. Leoncia de Guzman was survived by her sisters Anatalia de Guzman (mother of the plaintiffs) and Tranquilina de Guzman...