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Heirs Of Victorina Motus Penaverde vs Heirs Of Mariano Penaverde

HEIRS OF VICTORINA MOTUS PENAVERDE, represented by: EMMANUEL DE VERA MOTUS, CORAZON RODRIGUEZ MOTUS, RODOLFO DE VERA MOTUS, DANILO DE VERA MOTUS, SOCORRO DE VERA MOTUS, FLORENTINO DE VERA MOTUS, IGNACIO DE LA CRUZ MOTUS, LETICIA DE LA CRUZ MOTUS, LEODEGARIO DE LA CRUZ MOTUS, LINO DE LA CRUZ MOTUS, HERNAN MOTUS DE LA CRUZ, ENRIQUE MOTUS DE LA CRUZ, ALEJANDRINO MOTUS DE LA CRUZ, VALERO MOTUS DE LA CRUZ, ARMANIO MOTUS DE LA CRUZ, LAURO MOTUS DE LA CRUZ, IRMA MOTUS, WINFRED MOTUS, LEOVIGILDO MOTUS and CRISTOBAL MOTUS, petitioners, vs. HEIRS OF MARIANO PENAVERDE, represented by: BERNARDITO FERANIL, MARIAN PENAVERDE FERANIL, MARLITO PENAVERDE FERANIL, MARGOLFO PENAVERDE FERANIL, CATALINA PENAVERDE, CONSUELO PENAVERDE CALLEJA and VICTORIANO PENAVERDE, and THE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 131141 | 2000-10-20

D E C I S I O N


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

The instant Petition for Review seeks to annul the September 9, 1997 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 40003 dismissing the Petition and affirming the order of dismissal[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 218, of Civil Case No. Q-95-24711, on the ground of forum-shopping, and the Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals denying petitioners' Motion for Reconsideration.

The relevant antecedent facts are as follows:

On February 23, 1994, petitioners Emmanuel De Vera Motus and Corazon Rodriguez Motus filed a Petition for Letters of Administration of the Intestate...