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Fernandez vs. Villegas

LOURDES C. FERNANDEZ, Petitioner, vs. NORMA VILLEGAS and any person acting in her behalf including her family, Respondents.

G.R. No. 200191 | 2014-08-20

SECOND DIVISION
DECISION

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari1 are the Resolutions dated June 22, 2011 2 and December 28, 2011 3 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 116143 which dismissed the petition for review under Rule 42 of the Rules of Court4 (CA petition) due to defective verification and certification against forum shopping.

The Facts

On August 21, 2008, petitioner Lourdes C. Fernandez (Lourdes) and her sister, Cecilia Siapno (Cecilia), represented by her attorney-in-fact, Imelda S. Slater (Imelda), filed a Complaint for Ejectment5 before the Municipal...