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Pangasinan and Borromeo vs. Almazora etc.

CONSUELO V. PANGASINAN AND ANNABELLA V. BORROMEO, PETITIONERS, VS. CRISTINA DISONGLO-ALMAZORA, RENILDA ALMAZORA-CASUBUAN, RODOLFO CASUBUAN, SUSANA ALMAZORA-MENDIOLA, CARLOS MENDIOLA, CECILIO ALMAZORA AND NEN1TA ALMAZORA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 200558 | 2015-08-01

 
DECISION
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
The present case demonstrates the legal principle that the law aids the vigilant, not those who slumber on their rights. Vigilantibus, sed non dormientihus jura subverniunt.

This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to reverse and set aside the July 28, 2011 Decision[1] and the February 3, 2012 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA), in CA-G.R. CV 84529, which affirmed the June 29, 2004 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 259, Paranaque City (RTC) in Civil Case No. 96-0206, a case for damages.

 
The Facts

The subject property is a parcel of land...