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SPOUSES ELBE LEBIN and ERLINDA LEBIN, Petitioners, vs. VILMA S. MIRASOL, and REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF ILOILO, BRANCH XXVII, Respondents.

Spouses Elbe Lebin and Erlinda Lebin vs. Vilma S. Mirasol, et al.

G.R. No. 164255 | 2011-09-07



Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila


FIRST DIVISION


G.R. No. 164255               September 7, 2011


SPOUSES ELBE LEBIN and ERLINDA LEBIN, Petitioners,

vs.

VILMA S. MIRASOL, and REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF ILOILO, BRANCH XXVII, Respondents.


D E C I S I O N


BERSAMIN, J.:


The perfection of an appeal in the manner and within the period laid down by law is mandatory and jurisdictional.


The Case


In Special Proceedings No. 1307 involving the settlement of the estate of the late L.J. Hodges, the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 27, in Iloilo City, issued an order dated May 3, 1995 (ruling that a property of the...