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Magsi vs. Heirs of Lopez, Jr.

MERCURIA B. MAGSI, PETITIONER, VS. HEIRS OF IGNACIO A. LOPEZ, JR., NAMELY: DELIA DE GUZMAN LOPEZ AND LORRAINE DE GUZMAN LOPEZ, AND RODOLFO BARNACHEA, SR., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 262034 | 2024-05-22

D E C I S I O N 
 
HERNANDO, J.:
 
Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to set aside the Decision[2] and the Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 156585, which reversed and set aside the Decision[4] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 5, Baguio City, in Civil Case No. 8842-R. The RTC affirmed the Decision[5] of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), Branch 3, Baguio City in Civil Case No. 14049.

The Factual Antecedents

On March 9, 2017, Mercuria B. Magsi (Magsi), represented by her daughter Maria...