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Violeta Cabatbat Lim vs. IAC 166 SCRA 451

VIOLETA CABATBAT LIM, LIM BIAK CHIAO and CALASIAO BIJON FACTORY, petitioners, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, CONSORCIA FRIANEZA GOLEA MARIA FRIANEZA VERGARA, BENEDICTA FRIANEZA MAYUGBA, BONIFACIA FRIANEZA HEIRS OF DOMINGO FRIANEZA namely, DECIDERIA Q. VDA. DE FRIANEZA FRANCISCO, DONA VILMA and DECIDERIA all surnamed FRIANEZA HEIRS OF DANIEL FRIANEZA namely, ADELA V. VDA. DE FRIANEZA, in her behalf and as Guardian ad litem of Minors, DARLENE, DANIEL JR., DUSSEL and DAISY GLEN, all surnamed FRIANEZA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-69679 | 1988-10-18

D E C I S I O N


GRINO-AQUINO, J.:

This case involves a contest over the estate of the late Dra. Esperanza Cabatbat wherein the protagonists are her sisters and the children of her deceased brothers on one hand, and the petitioner Violeta Cabatbat Lim who claims to be her only child.

Petitioners Violeta Cabatbat Lim, her husband Lim Biak Chiao, and the Calasiao Bijon Factory assail the decision dated October 25, 1984 of the Intermediate Appellate Court, now Court of Appeals (AC-G.R. No. CV-67055), which affirmed the trial court's decision finding that petitioner Violeta Cabatbat Lim is not the offspring, hence, not a legal heir of the late...