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Heirs of Juanita Padilla, represented by Claudio Padilla Vs. Dominador Magdua

HEIRS OF JUANITA PADILLA, represented by CLAUDIO PADILLA, Petitioners, versus DOMINADOR MAGDUA, Respondent

G.R. No. 176858 | 2010-09-15

DECISION


CARPIO, J.:

The Case

Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari[1] assailing the Orders dated 8 September 2006[2] and 13 February 2007[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tacloban City, Branch 34, in Civil Case No. 2001-10-161.

The Facts

Juanita Padilla (Juanita), the mother of petitioners, owned a piece of land located in San Roque, Tanauan, Leyte. After Juanita's death on 23 March 1989, petitioners, as legal heirs of Juanita, sought to have the land partitioned. Petitioners sent word to their eldest brother Ricardo Bahia (Ricardo) regarding their plans for the partition of the land. In a letter dated 5...