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Alejandra Arado Heirs: Jesusa Arado etc. vs. Alcoran and Sunjaco

ALEJANDRA ARADO HEIRS: JESUSA ARADO, VICTORIANO ALCORIZA, PEDRO ARADO, HEIRS: JUDITHO ARADO, JENNIFER ARADO, BOBBIE ZITO ARADO, SHIRLY ABAD, ANTONIETA ARADO, NELSON SOMOZA, JUVENIL ARADO, NICETAS VENTULA, AND NILA ARADO, PEDRO ARADO, TOMASA V. ARADO, PETITIONERS, VS. ANACLETO ALCORAN AND ELENETTE SUNJACO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 163362 | 2015-07-08

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
Under review on certiorari is the decision promulgated on February 28, 2003,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the judgment rendered on January 15, 1997 by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 43, in Dumaguete City (RTC)[2] dismissing the complaint and the counterclaim for being without merit.
 
Antecedents

Raymundo Alcoran (Raymundo) was married to Joaquina Arado (Joaquina), and their marriage produced a son named Nicolas Alcoran (Nicolas).[3] In turn, Nicolas married Florencia Limpahan (Florencia)[4] but their union had no offspring. During their marriage, however, Nicolas had an...