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Betty Chua, et al vs Absolute Management Corp & CA

BETTY T. CHUA, JENNIFER T. CHUA-LOCSIN, BENISON T. CHUA, and BALDWIN T. CHUA, petitioners, vs. ABSOLUTE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 144881 | 2003-10-16

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

This is a petition for review on certiorari[1] to annul the Decision[2] dated 9 May 2000 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 57421, as well as the Resolution dated 5 September 2000 denying the motion for reconsideration. The Court of Appeals set aside the Order[3] dated 7 February 2000 issued by Branch 112 of the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City which denied the petitioners' "Motion for the Examination of the Administratrix and Others" ("Motion").

Antecedent Facts

The facts are not in dispute. As found by the Court of Appeals, the essential antecedents are as follows:

Sometime in 1999,...