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EMILIA MANZANO vs. MIGUEL PEREZ SR., LEONCIO PEREZ, MACARIO PEREZ, FLORENCIO PEREZ, NESTOR PEREZ, MIGUEL PEREZ JR. and GLORIA PEREZ

EMILIA MANZANO, petitioner, vs. MIGUEL PEREZ SR., LEONCIO PEREZ, MACARIO PEREZ, FLORENCIO PEREZ, NESTOR PEREZ, MIGUEL PEREZ JR. and GLORIA PEREZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 112485 | 2001-08-09

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Courts decide cases on the basis of the evidence presented by the parties. In the assessment of the facts, reason and logic are used. In civil cases, the party that presents a preponderance of convincing evidence wins.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the March 31, 1993 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA)[2] in CA-GR CV No. 32594. The dispositive part of the Decision reads:

"WHEREFORE, the judgment appealed from is hereby REVERSED and another one is entered dismissing plaintiff's complaint."

On the other hand, the Judgment[3]...