Back

Samaniego-Celada vs. Abena

PAZ SAMANIEGO-CELADA, Petitioner, versus LUCIA D. ABENA, Respondent.

G.R. No. 145545 | 2008-06-30

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
 
DECISION

QUISUMBING, J.:

This is a petition for review under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure seeking to reverse the Decision[1] dated October 13, 2000 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 41756, which affirmed the Decision[2] dated March 2, 1993 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 66, Makati City. The RTC had declared the last will and testament of Margarita S. Mayores probated and designated respondent Lucia D. Abena as the executor of her will. It also ordered the issuance of letters testamentary in favor of respondent.

The facts are as...