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Rosendo Alba vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

ROSENDO ALBA, minor, represented by his mother and natural guardian, Armi A. Alba, and ARMI A. ALBA, in her personal capacity, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS and ROSENDO C. HERRERA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 164041 | 2005-07-29

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.: 

Assailed in this petition for certiorari[1] are the February 27, 2004 decision[2] and the May 14, 2004 resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 61883, which dismissed petitioner's original action for annulment of judgment[4] of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 37, and denied the motion for reconsideration, respectively. 

The antecedent facts show that on October 21, 1996, private respondent Rosendo C. Herrera filed a petition[5] for cancellation of the following entries in the birth certificate of "Rosendo Alba Herrera, Jr.", to wit: (1) the surname...