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Marcelina Gacutana-Fraile vs Angel Domingo, et al

MARCELINA GACUTANA-FRAILE, petitioner, vs. ANGEL T. DOMINGO, BENJAMIN T. DOMINGO, ATTY. JORGE PASCUA AND THE PRESIDING JUDGE, RTC BRANCH 33, GUIMBA, NUEVA ECIJA, respondents.

G.R. No. 138518 | 2000-12-15

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Does a lawyer's bungling of a case amount to extrinsic fraud sufficient to annul judgment?

The case at bar is a petition for review of the Court of Appeals resolutions dated March 10, 1999 and April 29, 1999 denying petitioner Fraile's petition for annulment of judgment[1] rendered by the respondent judge of Branch 33, Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Guimba, Nueva Ecija.

The dispute over the ownership of a parcel of land in Triala, Guimba, Nueva Ecija measuring 15 hectares, 2 ares and 39 centares spurred the present controversy.

The facts show that on March 29, 1996, petitioner Fraile filed a civil case for...