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ANTONIA HUFANA, WILFREDO MANAOIS, CRISTILYN CASTILLA, Spouses ANDRONICO & MINERVA DE LOS REYES, Spouses TOMAS VERGARA & MERLINDA LOZANO, Spouses CATALINO & MARCELINA PIGAO, Spouses CRISANTO & CORAZON ROBLES, Spouses ANTONINO & FEMINA BUCAD, Spouses JACK & JOSEPHINE RAFAEL, Spouses ELY & DIONISIO TEJADA, Spouses JOHNNY & LETICIA SUNICO, Spouses RENATO & JESUSA CARRERA vs. WILLIAM ONG GENATO

ANTONIA HUFANA, WILFREDO MANAOIS, CRISTILYN CASTILLA, Spouses ANDRONICO & MINERVA DE LOS REYES, Spouses TOMAS VERGARA & MERLINDA LOZANO, Spouses CATALINO & MARCELINA PIGAO, Spouses CRISANTO & CORAZON ROBLES, Spouses ANTONINO & FEMINA BUCAD, Spouses JACK & JOSEPHINE RAFAEL, Spouses ELY & DIONISIO TEJADA, Spouses JOHNNY & LETICIA SUNICO, Spouses RENATO & JESUSA CARRERA, petitioners, vs. WILLIAM ONG GENATO, respondent.

G.R. No. 141209 | 2001-09-17

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

A resolution of the trial court granting not only partial execution, but also deciding substantive matters delving on the merits of the parties' claims, may be the subject of an ordinary appeal to the Court of Appeals (CA) because it constitutes a final determination of the substantive issues resolved therein.

Statement of the Case

Before this Court is a Petition[1] for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, praying for the nullification and reversal of the July 22, 1999 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals[3] in CA-GR CV No. 56750 and its December 3, 1999 Resolution[4] denying...