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Spouses Lourdes V. Rutaquio, et al. Vs. CA, et al.

SPOUSES LOURDES V. RUTAQUIO and LEONARDO LIWANAG, and JULIAN VILLAFLOR,represented by his children, ESTER V. PUJALTE, FILIPINA VILLAFLOR MARIA GEMMA VILLAFLOR and REY CONSTANTINO VILLAFLOR,Petitioners,versus COURT OF APPEALS, MAURA PENAMORA, and MODESTO, ROLANDO, ISABELITA and CRISELDA,all surnamed LOPEZ; VIRGINIA, CARMEN, ALICIA, PURIFICACION, ESMENIA, ELIZABETH JORGE and JABES all surnamed PENAMORA; and ALFONSO, GILDA, EUGENIO, ROGELIO, EUGENIA, LORENZO and VENANCIO, all surnamed VELUZ,Respondents.

G.R. No. 143786 | 2008-10-17

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court seeking to review and set aside the Resolution[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA), Former Ninth Division[2] dated June 23, 2000 in CA-G.R. CV No. 59290.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

This case stemmed from Civil Cases Nos. 8963 and 8964 instituted by private respondents on December 15, 1982 before the then Court of First Instance of Quezon, Ninth Judicial District, Lucena City, against Spouses Lourdes V. Rutaquio and Leonardo Liwanag, and Julian Villaflor, respectively. Later, the cases were transferred to the Regional Trial...