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Uy Kiao Eng vs. Nixon Lee 610 SCRA 211

UY KIAO ENG, Petitioner, versus NIXON LEE, Respondent.

G.R. No. 176831 | 2010-01-15

D E C I S I O N



NACHURA, J.:

Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the August 23, 2006 Amended Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 91725 and the February 23, 2007 Resolution,[2] denying the motion for reconsideration thereof.

The relevant facts and proceedings follow.

Alleging that his father passed away on June 22, 1992 in Manila and left a holographic will, which is now in the custody of petitioner Uy Kiao Eng, his mother, respondent Nixon Lee filed, on May 28, 2001, a petition for mandamus with damages, docketed as Civil Case No. 01100939, before the...