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Sps. Enriqueta Rasdas and Tomas Rasdas, et al. vs. Jaime Estenor

SPS. ENRIQUETA RASDAS, and TOMAS RASDAS, SPS. ESPERANZA A. VILLA, and ERNESTO VILLA, and LOLITA GALLEN, Petitioners, versus JAIME ESTENOR, Respondent.

G.R. No. 157605 | 2005-12-13

D E C I S I O N 


Tinga, J.: 

The main issue in this Petition for Review under Rule 45 is whether the complaint below is barred by res judicata. We find that res judicata indeed obtains in this case, albeit of a mode different from that utilized by the trial court and the Court of Appeals in dismissing the complaint. 

The antecedent facts, as culled from the assailed Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals Tenth Division, follow. 

The dispute centers on a parcel of land with an area of 703 square meters, situated in Ilagan, Isabela. On 29 October 1992, respondent as plaintiff filed a Complaint For Recovery Of Ownership And...