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Valencia vs. Locquiao 412 SCRA 600

ROMANA LOCQUIAO VALENCIA and CONSTANCIA L. VALENCIA, petitioners, vs. BENITO A. LOCQUIAO, now deceased and substituted by JIMMY LOCQUIAO, TOMASA MARA and the REGISTRAR OF DEEDS OF PANGASINAN, respondents. / CONSTANCIA L. VALENCIA, petitioner, vs. BENITO A. LOCQUIAO, now deceased and substituted by JIMMY LOCQUIAO, respondent.

G.R. No. 122134 | 2003-10-03

D E C I S I O N 

Tinga, J.: 

The Old Civil Code[1] and the Old Code of Civil Procedure,[2] repealed laws that they both are notwithstanding, have not abruptly become mere quiescent items of legal history since their relevance do not wear off for a long time. Verily, the old statutes proved to be decisive in the adjudication of the case at bar. 

Before us is a petition for review seeking to annul and set aside the joint Decision[3] dated November 24, 1994, as well as the Resolution[4] dated September 8, 1995, of the former Tenth Division[5] of the Court of Appeals in two consolidated cases involving an action for annulment of...