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Estrellado vs. The Presiding Judge of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities

LOURDES J. ESTRELLADO; THE HEIRS OF EUGENIO ESTRELLADO, REPRESENTED BY LOURDES J. ESTRELLADO; NARCISA T. ESTRELLADO; THE HEIRS OF NICOLAS ESTRELLADO, REPRESENTED BY CLARITA E. MAINAR; PILAR E. BARREDO-FUENTES; AND THE HEIRS OF VIVINA ESTRELLADO-BARREDO AND ALIPIO BARREDO, REPRESENTED BY PILAR E. BARREDO-FUENTES, PETITIONERS, VS. THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, 11TH JUDICIAL REGION, BRANCH 3, DAVAO CITY; J.S. FRANCISCO, AND SONS, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, JOSELITO C. FRANCISCO; AND THE HEIRS OF DR. JOVITO S. FRANCISCO, REPRESENTED BY JOSELITO C. FRANCISCO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 211320] LOURDES C. FRANCISCO-­MADRAZO; ROMEO C. FRANCISCO; CONCEPCION C. FRANCISCO-GATCHALIAN; AND RENE JOSE C. FRANCISCO, PETITIONERS, VS. PILAR BARREDO-FUENTES; JORGE BARREDO; OSCAR BARREDO; RODOLFO BARREDO; ERNESTO BARREDO; ARMANDO BARREDO; DANILO BARREDO; TERESITA BARREDO-MCMAHON; LETICIA BARREDO-CUARIO; AND ESPERANZA BARREDO-TUL-ID, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 164482 | 2017-11-08

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
A petition for the annulment of a judgment is a remedy in equity so exceptional in nature that it may be availed of only when other remedies are wanting, and only if the judgment, final order or final resolution sought to be annulled was rendered without jurisdiction or through extrinsic fraud. The remedy is not available as a recourse to obtain relief from a judgment that has long attained finality after having been passed upon and affirmed by the higher court on appeal taken in due course.
 
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