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Minerva Umpoc, et al. vs Mildred Mercado

MINERVA UMPOC, ATTY. ILDEBRANDO VIERNESTO and ETHEL MANALOTO, Petitioners, versus MILDRED MERCADO[1] as Administratrix of the Estate of the late Dr. Jesusa Barrios, Respondent.

G.R. No. 158166 | 2005-01-21



SECOND DIVISION
DECISION

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

Public policy dictates that unlawful detainer cases be resolved with the least possible delay and judgments in favor of plaintiff are executed immediately. The beneficence of this rule however continues to elude the prevailing party in the bizarre turns and twists in this ejectment suit.[2]

In focus in this petition for review is the Decision[3] dated 3 December 2002 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP. No. 68216 affirming the Decision dated 24 October 2001 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, Branch 7, which, in turn, upheld the Decision dated 19 December 2000 of the Metropolitan Trial...