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Eufemia Rivera vs. Maria Concepcion Paez Vda. De Cruz

EUFEMIA RIVERA, administratrix-appellee, vs. MARIA CONCEPCION PAEZ VDA. DE CRUZ, claimant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-21545 | 1968-11-27

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

This case was initiated twenty years ago, on November 8, 1948, when Pedro B. Cruz presented a claim for P10,000.00, evidenced by two promissory notes, in Special Proceedings No. 5990-R of the Court of First Instance of Manila for the settlement of the estate of the deceased Romualdo Rivera. The then administrator of the estate filed his answer on November 29, 1948, alleging that "said claim was already the object of an action before the Court of First Instance of Rizal, entitled `Pedro B. Cruz v. Romualdo Rivera,' which was presumably dismissed upon petition of the plaintiff, herein claimant," and...