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Ang Ping, et al. Vs. Regional Trial Court of Manila, BR. 40, et al.

ANG PING and CARMEN PIMENTEL, petitioners, vs. REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, Branch 40; and JULIO and ZENAIDA KO, respondents.

G.R. No. 75860 | 1987-09-17

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J p:

The issue in this petition is whether or not the execution of a final judgment in an ejectment case which has gone all the way to the Supreme Court may be stayed by a trial court on the ground of a supervening event, namely a decision by a regional trial court ordering the nullification of sale and title and granting legal redemption in favor of the private respondents.

On November 13, 1985, in G. R. No. 70581, (Ang Ping, et al. v. Intermediate Appellate Court, et al.), we issued a resolution which reads in part:

"On October 25, 1983, the Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila rendered judgment in an...