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Piedad vs. Bobilles

SIMEON TRINIDAD PIEDAD (DECEASED) SURVIVED AND ASSUMED BY HIS HEIRS, NAMELY: ELISEO PIEDAD (DECEASED)*, JOEL PIEDAD, PUBLIO PIEDAD, JR., GLORIA PIEDAD, LOT PIEDAD, ABEL PIEDAD, ALI PIEDAD, AND LEE PIEDAD, PETITIONERS, VS. CANDELARIA LINEHAN BOBILLES AND MARIANO BOBILLES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 208614 | 2017-11-27

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Courts should take to heart the principle of equity if the strict application of the statute of limitations or laches would result in manifest wrong or injustice.

This resolves the Petition for Review[1] filed by Eliseo Piedad, Joel Piedad, Publio Piedad, Jr., Gloria Piedad, Lot Piedad, Abel Piedad, Ali Piedad, and Lee Piedad (the Heirs of Piedad) assailing the Resolutions dated December 10, 2012[2] and July 10, 2013[3] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 07176.

The facts as established by the pleadings of the parties are as follows:

Sometime in 1974, Simeon Piedad (Piedad) filed a case for...