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Emma Gallardo-Corro, et al., vs Efren Don Gallardo, et a;

EMMA GALLARDO-CORRO, MARCELINA GALLARDO-ARCENAS, FELICISIMO GALLARDO, TERESITA C. GALLARDO, JOAQUIN G. BOCANEGRA, SAGRARIO BOCANEGRA-TINIO, JOSE ANTONIO BOCANEGRA, JAIME JESUS BOCANEGRA, THERESA M. GALLARDO, MARWILL M. GALLARDO, MELVIN M. GALLARDO, ALICE GALLARDO-CALALO, MILLAND M. GALLARDO, MICHAEL M. GALLARDO and JOHNNY M. GALLARDO, petitioners, vs. EFREN DON L. GALLARDO, DINAH-BELLE EMILIA G. VALERO, JONATHAN VALERO, EVANGELINE FIDELA G. BORJA, GIL BORJA, AGNES AVITA G. FABUNAN, WILLIE FABUNAN, EDGAR DARIO L. GALLARDO, SUZANNE L. GALLARDO, JOSIE MARIE G. PO and ANTONIO PO, respondents.

G.R. No. 136228 | 2001-01-30

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

At the core of controversy in this petition under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the applicability of the doctrine of res judicata, which does not permit a party to litigate the same issue more than once, such that when a right or fact has been judicially determined, the judgment of the court, so long as it remains undisturbed, is conclusive upon the parties and those in privity with them in law or estate.

This case is an offshoot of a conflict among the children of the spouses Dr. Marcelino Gallardo, Sr. and Patrocinia Vda. de Gallardo. Sometime in 1943 the patriarch of the Gallardo clan, Dr. Marcelino...