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Ester Santiago, et al. vs. CA, et al.

ESTER SANTIAGO, PRISCILLA SANTIAGO, SUSAN SANTIAGO, JOSE SANTIAGO, JR., ERLINDA SANTIAGO, MA. VICTORIA SANTIAGO, APOLINARIO SANTIAGO and CARMENCITA SANTIAGO, petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. CAMILO O. MONTESA, JR., Presiding Judge, Branch 19, Regional Trial Court, Malolos, Bulacan, and AUREA G. SANTIAGO, respondents.

G.R. No. 121908 | 1998-01-26

D E C I S I O N

MARTINEZ, J:

This is a petition for review by way of certiorari filed by petitioner Ester Santiago, et al., assailing the decision of the Court of Appeals dated July 25, 1995 in CA GR SP No. 37130, dismissing their petition on the ground of laches and that the issue raised therein has been rendered moot and academic. 1 The motion for reconsideration was likewise denied in an order dated September 8, 1995. 2

The facts which spawned this petition are as follows:

On September 13, 1993, in special proceeding No. Q-93-15854 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 76, the holographic will of Juan G. Santiago was...