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Balus vs. Balus

CELESTINO BALUS, Petitioner, versus SATURNINO BALUS and LEONARDA BALUS VDA. DE CALUNOD, Respondents.

G.R. No. 168970 | 2010-01-15

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
PERALTA, J.:

Assailed in the present petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated May 31, 2005 in CA-G.R. CV No. 58041 which set aside the February 7, 1997 Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Lanao del Norte, Branch 4 in Civil Case No. 3263.

The facts of the case are as follows:

Herein petitioner and respondents are the children of the spouses Rufo and Sebastiana Balus. Sebastiana died on September 6, 1978, while Rufo died on July 6, 1984.

On January 3, 1979, Rufo...