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Paul C. Del Moral, et al. vs. RP, et al

PAUL C. DEL MORAL, JUAN ANTONIO DEL MORAL and JOSE LUIS C. DEL MORAL, Petitioners, versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Represented by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) and the Sandiganbayan,

G.R. No. 140301 | 2005-04-26

D E C I S I O N 


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: 

Whether the Sandiganbayan has jurisdiction to annul a decision of a Regional Trial Court (RTC) in a partition case, wherein a sequestered corporation is a party, is the sole issue that needs to be resolved in the present petition for certiorari and prohibition filed before this Court. 

The facts are aptly narrated in the Resolution dated December 28, 1998 of the Sandiganbayan, to wit: 

On May 9, 1986, PCGG issued a writ of sequestration over all properties or assets of the Mountain View Real Estate Corporation (Mountain View for brevity) believed to be part of the so-called...