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Fil-Estate Properties Inc. vs. Homena- Valencia

FIL-ESTATE PROPERTIES, INC. and FAIRWAYS AND BLUE-WATERS RESORT AND COUNTRY CLUB, INC., Petitioners, versus HON. MARIETTA J. HOMENA-VALENCIA, in her capacity as Presiding Judge of Branch 1, Regional Trial Court, Kalibo, Aklan, and SULLIAN SY NAVAL, Respondents.

G.R. No. 173942 | 2007-10-15

D E C I S I O N
 

Tinga, J.:

This Petition for Review on Certiorari seeks the reversal of the rulings of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 61567 involving the dismissal of the petition for certiorari wherein petitioners assailed the Decision dated 28 February 2000 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Kalibo, Aklan, Branch 1, Kalibo, Aklan[1] in Civil Case No. 5626.

We begin with the salient facts.

The case stemmed from a complaint for recovery of possession dated 5 November 1998 filed by private respondent Sullian Sy Naval (Naval) against petitioners Fil-Estate Properties, Inc. (Fil-Estate) and Fairways and Blue-Waters Resort and...