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Yau vs. Veloso

ESTEBAN YAU, SUBSTITUTED BY HEIRS GLORICITA S. YAU, LULLETE S. YAU, CLIFFSON S. YAU, AND STEVESON S. YAU, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. ESTER M. VELOSO, PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH VI, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, CEBU CITY, RICARDO C. SILVERIO, SR., AND RICARDO S. SILVERIO, JR., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 200466 | 2023-04-19

D E C I S I O N
 
GAERLAN, J.:
 
 
"Litigation must end and terminate sometime and somewhere, and it is essential to an effective and efficient administration of justice that once a judgment has become final, the winning party be not, through a mere subterfuge, deprived of the fruits of the verdict. Courts must therefore guard against any scheme calculated to bring about that result. Constituted as they are to put an end to controversies, courts should frown upon any attempt to prolong them."[1]

The present petition for certiorari and mandamus[2] assails three orders issued by respondent Judge...