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F. Pineda vs. Heirs of E. Guevara, et al

FLORENTINO PINEDA, Petitioner, versus HEIRS OF ELISEO GUEVARA, represented by ERNESTO E. GUEVARA and ISAGANI S. GUEVARA, namely: ELISEO GUEVARA, JR., ZENAIDA G. SAPALICIO, DANTE G. GUEVARA, DANILO C. GUEVARA, and ISAGANI S. GUEVARA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 143188 | 2007-02-14

D E C I S I O N
 


Tinga, J.:

On appeal by way of certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure are the Decision[1] and Resolution of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 54074. The Decision reversed the order of dismissal of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 273, Marikina, and directed the court a quo to conduct trial on the merits, while the Resolution denied petitioner Pineda's motion for reconsideration.

As borne out by the records, the following are the factual antecedents.

On 7 September 1995, respondents Eliseo Guevara, Jr., Zenaida G. Sapalicio, Dante G. Guevara and Isagani S. Guevara, collectively...