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HEIRS OF GAUDENCIO BLANCAFLOR, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and GREATER MANILA EQUIPMENT MARKETING CORPORATION, respondents.

HEIRS OF GAUDENCIO BLANCAFLOR, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and GREATER MANILA EQUIPMENT MARKETING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 130380 | 1999-03-17

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court of the 4 April 1997 decision[1] of the Court of Appeals, affirming in toto the 4 March 1992 decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Iloilo City, Branch 36, in LRC Cadastral Record Nos. 5913 & 9739.

The factual antecedents were summarized by public respondent Court of Appeals as follows:[3]

On May 16, 1968, in Civil Case No. 10270 the then Court of First Instance [CFI] of Rizal, 7th Judicial District, Branch 8, Pasig, Rizal rendered judgment in favor of Sarmiento Trading Corporation and against defendant...