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Irene Marcos-Araneta, et al. Vs. CA & Julita Benedicto & Francisga B. Paulino

IRENE MARCOS-ARANETA, DANIEL RUBIO, ORLANDO G. RESLIN, and JOSE G. RESLIN, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS, JULITA C. BENEDICTO, and FRANCISCA BENEDICTO-PAULINO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 154096 | 2008-08-22

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

This Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 assails and seeks to nullify the Decision[1] dated October 17, 2001 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 64246 and its Resolution[2] of June 20, 2002 denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration. The assailed CA decision annulled and set aside the Orders dated October 9, 2000, December 18, 2000, and March 15, 2001 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 17 in Batac, Ilocos Norte which admitted petitioners' amended complaint in Civil Case Nos. 3341-17 and 3342-17.

The Facts

Sometime in 1968 and 1972, Ambassador Roberto S....