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Felicisima Lumbre Y Sarita, et al. Vs CA and Florante I. Francisco

FELICISIMA LUMBRE y SARITA, FLORDELIZA VINA y LUMBRE, RICARDO LUMBRE y SARITA, PRISCILLA S. LUMBRE LUZVIMINDA SILLA y LUMBRE, EMETERIA SILLA y LUMBRE, EMETERIA SILLA y LUMBRE,ANICIA ARGANA y LUMBRE, CLEMENTE BELONDO and CONRADO CANTADA, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS (First Division) and FLORANTE I. FRANCISCO,Respondents.

G.R. No. 160717 | 2008-07-23

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

Before this Court is a Petition for Certiorari[1] under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, praying that the Court of Appeals (CA) be directed by this Court to admit petitioners' Appeal Brief and to reinstate petitioners' appeal. CA Resolution[2] dated April 22, 2003, dismissed the appeal of petitioners in CA-G.R. CV No. 75119, and its Resolution[3] dated September 25, 2003 in the same case, denied their Motion for Reconsideration.[4]

The antecedents are as follows:

On December 15, 1992, private respondent Florante I. Francisco (Florante) filed a case for Quieting of Title with Damages[5] against petitioners...