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Diaz vs. Valenciano

JOSE DIAZ, JR. (HEREIN SUBSTITUTED BY HIS LEGAL HEIRS VERONICA BOLAGOT-DIAZ AND RIO ANGELA BOLAGOT-DIAZ) AND ADELINA D. McMULLEN, PETITIONERS, V. SALVADOR VALENCIANO, JR., [DECEASED] SUBSTITUTED BY MADELINE A. VALENCIANO, RANIL A. VALENCIANO, ROSEMARIE V. SERRANO, SHEILA VALENCIANO-MOLO AND JOHN-LYN VALENCIANO-VARGAS, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 209376 | 2017-12-06

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari of the Court of Appeals Decision[1] dated April 30, 2013, which reversed and set aside the Decision[2] dated July 9, 2010 of the Regional Trial Court of Legazpi City, and reinstated the Decision[3] dated January 5, 2010 of the Municipal Trial Court in the Cities (MTCC), dismissing the complaint for unlawful detainer on the ground of res judicata.
 
The facts are undisputed.
 
On June 2, 1992, a complaint for unlawful detainer was filed by petitioners Jose Diaz, Jr. and his sister Adelina D. McMullen against Salvador...