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Spouses Rodolfo A. Noceda and Erna T. Noceda Vs. Aurora Arbizo-Directo

SPOUSES RODOLFO A. NOCEDA and ERNA T. NOCEDA, Petitioners, versus AURORA ARBIZO-DIRECTO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 178495 | 2010-07-26

D E C I S I O N


NACHURA, J.:

Assailed in the instant petition is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA), dismissing the appeal on the ground of res judicata.

On September 16, 1986, respondent Aurora Arbizo-Directo filed a complaint against her nephew, herein petitioner Rodolfo Noceda, for "Recovery of Possession and Ownership and Rescission/Annulment of Donation" with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Iba, Zambales, Branch 71, docketed as Civil Case No. RTC-354-I. Respondent alleged that she and her co-heirs have extra-judicially settled the property they inherited from their late father on August 19, 1981, consisting of a parcel...