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Estate of Don Felimon Y. Sotto represented by its administrator, Sixto Sotto Pahang, Jr. Vs. Matilde S. Palicte etc., et al.

THE ESTATE OF DON FILEMON Y. SOTTO, represented by its duly designated Administrator, SIXTO SOTTO PAHANG, JR., Petitioner, versus MATILDE S. PALICTE, substituted by her heirs, VIDYA PALICTE BRIOL, JUSTICIA PALICTE JUMAMIL, PATRICIA PALICTE PEREZ, FIDES PALICTE, PLARIDEL PATRICIO PALICTE, CHRISTIAN MERITO P. ALEGADO, KRISHNAMURTI P. ALEGADO, and KRISTOFFER P. ALEGADO, and the HON. AGAPITO L. HONTANOSAS, JR., Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 16, Respondents.

G.R. No. 158642 | 2008-09-22

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO, J.:

The Case

This is a petition for review[1] of the Orders dated 20 December 2002 and 2 June 2003 issued by the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 16, in SP. PROC. No. 2706-R.

The Facts

The late Filemon Y. Sotto (Filemon) had four children, namely, Marcelo Sotto (Marcelo), Pascuala Sotto Pahang (Pascuala), Miguel Barcelona (Miguel), and Matilde S. Palicte (Matilde). Marcelo was the administrator of the estate of Filemon (estate).

In June 1967, Pilar Teves and the other heirs of Carmen Rallos, the wife of Filemon, filed with the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 16, a complaint against the...