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Elpido Magno, Heirs of Cabatic etc. vs. Magno etc.

ELPIDIO MAGNO, HEIRS OF ISIDRO M. CABATIC, NAMELY: JOSE CABATIC, RODRIGO CABATIC, and MELBA CABATIC; and ODELITO M. BUGAYONG, AS HEIR OF THE LATE AURORA MAGNO, Petitioners, vs. LORENZO MAGNO, NICOLAS MAGNO, PETRA MAGNO, MARCIANO MAGNO, ISIDRO MAGNO, TEODISTA MAGNO, ESTRELLA MAGNO, BIENVENIDO M. DE GUZMAN, CONCHITA M. DE GUZMAN, SILARY M. DE GUZMAN, MANUEL M. DE GUZMAN and MANOLO M. DE GUZMAN, Respondents. Present: VELASCO, JR., J., Chairperson, PERALTA, PEREZ, REYES, and JARDELEZA, JJ.

G.R. No. 206451 | 2016-08-17

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
PERALTA, J.,
 
This is a petition for review on certiorari, assailing the Decision1 dated July 23, 2012 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV-No. 90846, which reversed and set aside the Decision2 dated November 15, 2007 of the Regional Trial Court of Alaminos City, Pangasinan, Branch 54, in Civil Case No. A1850, and dismissed the complaint for partition on the ground of res judicata.
 
The facts are as follows:
 
Petitioners Elpidio Magno, heirs of Isidro M. Cabatic, namely: Jose Cabatic, Rodrigo Cabatic, and Melba Cabatic, and Odelito M....