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Sps Rogelio & Conchita Jalique vs Sps Epifanio & Julita Dandan, et al

SPS. ROGELIO & CONCHITA JALIQUE, represented by their attorney-in-fact, ROGELIO JALIQUE, JR., petitioners, vs. SPS. EPIFANIO & JULIETA DANDAN, SPS. RODOLFO & BABY DESTURA, SPS. PAENG & JESSIE MANALO, SPS. REYNALDO & NIDA DELA CRUZ, SPS. ALBERTO & ANITA EMPLEO, SPS. FELIX & SOLEDAD BORLAGDATAN, SPS. RODOLFO & ADELINA CAGUJAS, SPS. SIMPLICIO & NORA ANOVER, SPS. GREGORIO & LUZ ARCOS, SPS. VERMIN & JOSEPHINE BOMBITA, VENANCIA VDA. DE NUESTRO, MARINA VDA. DE GERONIMO, CULASA VDA. DE HERNANDEZ and FILOMENA VDA. DE DACASIN and THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 148305 | 2003-11-28

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For review on certiorari is the Decision,[1] dated December 27, 2000, of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 49978, annulling the Decision,[2] dated November 23, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig City, Branch 70, in SCA Case No. 1527. The RTC had affirmed in toto the Decision[3] of the Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) of Pasig City, Branch 70, in Civil Case No. 6303, an unlawful detainer case. The MeTC had rendered a judgment in favor of petitioners for respondents' failure to file an Answer. The Court of Appeals ordered the remand of the case to the MeTC for a trial on the merits....