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C.Clanor Vda. De Portugal vs. I.Appellate Court

CORNELIA CLANOR VDA. DE PORTUGAL, FRANCISCO C. PORTUGAL, PETRONA C. PORTUGAL, CLARITA PORTUGAL, LETICIA PORTUGAL, and BENEDICTO PORTUGAL, JR., petitioners, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and HUGO C. PORTUGAL, respondents.

G.R. No. L-73564 | 1988-03-25

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

Seeking the reversal of the decision 1 dated October 21, 1985 of the former Intermediate Appellate Court in CA-G.R. CV No. 70247, entitled "Cornelia Clanor Vda. de Portugal, et al. vs. Hugo Portugal," and the reinstatement of the decision 2 in their favor, dated June 30, 1980, of the Court of First Instance of Cavite in Civil Case No. NC-699 entitled "Cornelia Vda. de Portugal, et al. vs. Hugo Portugal," the petitioners now come to us by way of this petition for review
by certiorari.

The factual background that gave rise to the present controversy is summarized as follows:

Petitioner Cornelia Clanor and...