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Chipongian vs. Lirio etc.

NILO V. CHIPONGIAN, PETITIONER, VS. VICTORIA BENITEZ-LIRIO, FEODOR BENITEZ AGUILAR, AND THE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 162692 | 2015-08-26

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
This appeal seeks the review and reversal of the decision promulgated on October 30, 2002,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) dismissed the petition for certiorari that the petitioner had instituted to annul the dismissal by the trial court of his complaint-in-intervention in Special Proceedings No. SP-797 entitled In the matter of the Intestate Estate of Vicente O. Benitez, Petition for Letters of Administration. Victoria Benitez Lirio and Feodor Benitez Aguilar, Petitioners.
 
Antecedents

The late Vicente Benitez was married to Isabel Chipongian, the petitioner's sister. Isabel had...