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Dr. Teresito V. Orbeta, et al. vs. Paul B. Sendiong.

DR. TERESITO V. ORBETA, ENGRACIA O. HONGCUAY, DEOGRACIAS HONGCUAY, JESUSA VDA. DE ORBETA, CORAZON VDA. DE PINILI, SEGUNDINA T. ORBETA, ALFRED S. ORBETA, MARY ANN S. ORBETA, MARILYN S. ORBETA, MAY LOIRDELIT S. ORBETA, ALAN S. ORBETA, ALNASAR S. ORBETA, SHERWIN O. SISICAN, MARLON T. ORBETA, EDGARDO ORBETA, MARIA LUISA LOCSIN, SOFIE M. CASTRO, PAZ C. VABSILLERO, SALVADOR CABALLERO, NICOLAS M. DE CASTRO, MA. CORAZON MONSERRAT, and MANUEL MONSERRAT, Petitioners, versus PAUL B. SENDIONG, herein Represented by his ATTORNEY-IN-FACT MAE A. SENDIONG, Respondent.

G.R. No. 155236 | 2005-07-08

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

Tinga, J.: 

The present petition for review under Rule 45 assails a Decision[1] of the Third Division of the Court of Appeals which granted a petition for the annulment of a judgment rendered by a Dumaguete City Regional Trial Court (RTC). We find that the appellate court correctly determined the existence of the requisites for annulment of judgment, and accordingly deny the petition. 

The decision sought to be annulled was rendered on 16 April 1998 in Civil Case No. 10173 by the Dumaguete City RTC Branch 44.[2] The facts antecedent to that case and those pertinent to this petition are culled...