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Sotero A. Punong bayan vs Danilo G. Punongbayan.

SOTERO A. PUNONGBAYAN, Petitioner, versus DANILO G. PUNONGBAYAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 156842 | 2004-12-10

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Assailed in this petition for review is the Decision dated August 9, 2002[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 63002[2] which granted the special civil action for certiorari and mandamus filed by herein respondent, as well as its Resolution dated January 14, 2003[3] which denied petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

On July 31, 1969, Escolastica Punongbayan-Paguio died intestate leaving behind considerable properties in Misamis Oriental, Iligan City, and Bulacan. She was survived by her husband, Miguel Paguio; brothers Nicolas (now deceased) and SOTERO (herein...