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Paz S. Lim For Herself And As An Attorney-In-Fact Of Antonio S. Lim, Jr. vs Victoria K. Chan And Christopher C. Chan.

PAZ S. LIM for herself and as an attorney-in-fact of ANTONIO S. LIM, JR., petitioner, vs. VICTORIA K. CHAN and CHRISTOPHER C. CHAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 127227 | 2001-02-28

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal via certiorari from the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dismissing the appeal on the ground that the trial court did not commit any reversible error when the latter dismissed the complaint in the case[2] below on the ground of prescription, estoppel and lack of earnest efforts toward a compromise.

On October 1, 1973, petitioner Paz Lim and her husband Dr. Antonio T. Lim (now deceased) executed a special power of attorney before a notary public of Thurston County, Nebraska, U.S.A. They appointed petitioner's brother Carlos Chan, as their attorney in fact, empowering...