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Sta Lucia Realty, et al vs Leticia Cabrigas, et al

STA. LUCIA REALTY and DEVELOPMENT, INC., NEW NORTH FAIRVIEW DEVELOPMENT CORP., DBH DEVELOPMENT CORP. and ACL DEVELOPMENT CORP., petitioners, vs. LETICIA CABRIGAS and MIGUEL CABRIGAS, respondents.

G.R. No. 134895 | 2001-06-19

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

Assailed in this petition for review is the 31 July 1998 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 47601, affirming the 22 September 1997 and 24 February 1998 Orders of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 221, in Civil Case No. Q94-19651.

The main point of contention in the instant case is whether or not a judgment rendered by a trial court in an action for reconstitution may serve to bar an action for quieting of title pending before another court based upon the principle of res judicata.


The factual antecedents of this controversy, as culled from the pleadings of the parties...