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GEORGE T. VILLENA, CARLOS N. VILLENA, AURORA M. BONDOC and RONNIE C. FERNANDEZ, and their Respective Spouses vs. Spouses ANTONIO C. CHAVEZ and NOEMI MARCOS-CHAVEZ and CARLITA C. CHAVEZ, respondents.

GEORGE T. VILLENA, CARLOS N. VILLENA, AURORA M. BONDOC and RONNIE C. FERNANDEZ, and their Respective Spouses, petitioners, vs. Spouses ANTONIO C. CHAVEZ and NOEMI MARCOS-CHAVEZ and CARLITA C. CHAVEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 148126 | 2003-11-10

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Stare decisis simply means that a judgment reached in one case should be applied to successive ones in which the facts are substantially identical, even though the parties may be different. Like cases ought to be decided alike.

The Case

Before this Court is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the May 9, 2001 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 58329. The decretal portion of the Decision reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the judgment dated March 29, 2000 of Branch 56 of the RTC of Angeles City is hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE, and a new judgment...