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Angelita Lopez vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

ANGELITA LOPEZ, represented by PRISCILLA L. TY as her Attorney-in-Fact, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF QUEZON CITY (BRANCH 103) and ANTONIO MURILLO, respondents.

G.R. No. 77008 | 1987-12-29

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

In this petition for review of the decision of the Special 5th Division of the Court of Appeals (CA) promulgated September 30, 1986 1 the issue posed is whether a special power of attorney executed in a foreign country is admissible in evidence as a public document in our courts.

On June 5, 1984 petitioner Angelita Lopez who is a Filipino citizen residing in Norway, represented by her alleged attorney-in-fact Priscilla L. Ty filed an action for ejectment against private respondent in the Metropolitan Trial Court of the Metropolitan Manila in Quezon City docketed as Civil Case No. 0045993. Mrs. Ty presented...