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Heirs of Dacanay etc. vs. Siapno Jr., etc.

HEIRS OF CATALINO DACANAY, HIS WIFE ERLINDA DACANAY, THEIR CHILDREN AURORA D. CONSTANTINO AND REYNALDO DACANAY; LOLITA DACANAY VDA. DE PARASO; HEIRS OF SOLEDAD APOSTOL, NAMELY: HER HUSBAND LEONARDO CAGUIOA, THEIR CHILDREN AMALIA, DANILO, RONALD, MARLENE, ROBERT, ROLDAN, THELMA AND TERESA, ALL SURNAMED CAGUIOA, PETITIONERS, VS. JUAN SIAPNO, JR., MARIO RILLON, SPOUSES JOSE TAN AND LETICIA DY TAN, RESPONDENTS.

G. R. No. 185169 | 2016-06-15

D E C I S I O N
 
SERENO, C.J.:
 
This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the Resolution[1] dated 8 September 2008 and the Order[2] dated 13 October 2008 in Civil Case No. 18857 issued by Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 69 in Lingayen, Pangasinan. The trial court dismissed petitioners' Complaint[3] for Declaration of Nullity of Documents with Partition and Damages and denied[4] their Motion for Reconsideration.

The sole issue raised by petitioners is whether the RTC committed a grave error of law when it dismissed the Complaint pursuant to a Decision[5] dated 3 July 2006 rendered...