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Josefa Vda. De Santos vs. Andres J. Diaz 120 Phil. 1477

JOSEFA VDA. DE SANTOS, ET AL., applicants-appellants, vs. ANDRES J. DIAZ, oppositor-appellee.

G.R. No. L-19336 | 1964-12-28

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

Applicants Josefa Vda. de Santos and her children, Jose, Lydia, Pura and Paterno, all surnamed Santos, seek the reversal of an order of the Court of First Instance of Rizal (Pasig Branch) dismissing their petition for registration in the case at bar, upon the ground of res judicata and estoppel. The case is before us on appeal involving, as it does, no questions of fact. 

It is conceded that, on March 6, 1928, Mamerto Santos, deceased husband of appellant Josefa Vda. de Santos, and father of her co-appellants, applied, with the court of First Instance of Rizal (Case No. 709 hereof, G.L.R.O....