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CATALINA B. CHU, THEANLYN B. CHU, THEAN CHING LEE B. CHU, THEAN LEEWN B. CHU, and MARTIN LAWRENCE B. CHU, Petitioners, vs. SPOUSES FERNANDO C. CUNANAN and TRINIDAD N. CUNANAN, BENELDA ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, and SPOUSES AMADO E. CARLOS and GLORIA A. CARLOS, Respondents.

Catalina B. Chu, et al. vs. sps. Fernando Cunanan and Trinidad Cunanan, et al.

G.R. No. 156185 | 2011-09-12



Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila


FIRST DIVISION


G.R. No. 156185               September 12, 2011


CATALINA B. CHU, THEANLYN B. CHU, THEAN CHING LEE B. CHU, THEAN LEEWN B. CHU, and MARTIN LAWRENCE B. CHU, Petitioners,

vs.

SPOUSES FERNANDO C. CUNANAN and TRINIDAD N. CUNANAN, BENELDA ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, and SPOUSES AMADO E. CARLOS and GLORIA A. CARLOS, Respondents.


D E C I S I O N


BERSAMIN, J.:


If two or more suits are instituted on the basis of the same cause of action, the filing of one or a judgment upon the merits in any one is available as a ground for the dismissal of the others.1


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