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VERONICA PADILLO vs. CA and TOMAS AVERIA, JR.

VERONICA PADILLO, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and TOMAS AVERIA, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 119707 | 2001-11-29

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated November 22, 1994 in CA-G.R. CV No. 40142 reversing the Decision[2] dated March 31, 1992 of the Regional Trial Court of Lucena City, Branch 54 in Civil Case No. 9114 on the ground of res judicata.

Civil Case No. 9114, which found its way to this Court via the instant petition, is a petition[3] for declaratory relief and damages initiated by petitioner Veronica Padillo[4] on December 14, 1983. In the petition filed against respondent Tomas Averia, Jr. and one Beato Casilang, petitioner Padillo alleged that...