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Mendoza vs. Valte

PEDRO MENDOZA [DECEASED], SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS FEDERICO MENDOZA AND DELFIN MENDOZA, AND JOSE GONZALES, PETITIONERS, VS. REYNOSA VALTE, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 172961 | 2015-09-07

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
The existence or non-existence of fraud is a legal conclusion based on a finding that the evidence presented is sufficient to establish facts constituting its elements.[1] Questions of fact are generally not entertained in a petition for review before this court.[2] In any event, petitions for a review or reopening of a decree of registration based on actual fraud must be filed before the proper court within the one-year period provided under the relevant laws.[3]The party alleging fraud must overcome the burden of proving the fraud with clear and convincing evidence.[4]Section 101 of Commonwealth...