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D. Ignacio vs. P. Racho, et al

DAMIAN IGNACIO, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PELAGIO RACHO, and HILARIA DOLORES, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-466 | 1947-06-30

D E C I S I O N

PADILLA, J:

This is an appeal from an order dated December 5,1 which denied a petition filed by the defendants to set aside a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan dated September 8, 1944, rendered after hearing the plaintiff's evidence alone without the presence of the defendants and of their attorney.

The grounds alleged in the petition are fraud, accident, mistake or excusable negligence.

On May 30, 1944, a complaint was filed against the defendants in the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan for the annulment of a deed of sale executed by the plaintiff on June 27, 1938 (Exhibit B), purporting to...