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Gertrudes Nabua, et al. Vs. Douglas Lu Ym

GERTRUDES NABUA, ALEX N. LU, CAYETANO N. LU, JR. and JULIETA N. LU, Petitioners, versus DOUGLAS LU YM, Respondent.

G.R. No. 176141 | 2008-12-16

D E C I S I O N


REYES, R.T., J.:

LITIGANTS should not trifle with decisions of the highest court of the land, the final arbiter of legal controversies.

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the resolution[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) denying petitioners' motion to dismiss appeal and motion to order the trial court to issue a writ of execution.

The Antecedents

Sometime in the 1940s, Cayetano Ludo took petitioner Gertrudes Nabua as his common law wife and had ten children with her, namely: George, Alex, Cayetano, Jr., Julieta, Crispin alias "Douglas," Evangeline, Marilyn, Bernardita, Edwin, and Cresencio, all surnamed Lu....