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FIRST DIVISION.
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Young vs. Sy
available by way of supplemental complaint even
though they themselves constitute a right of action.
Same; Same; Forum Shopping; Requisites; Words and
Phrases; Forum shopping consists of filing multiple suits
involving the same parties for the same cause of action,
either simultaneously or successively, for the purpose of
obtaining a favorable judgment.Forum shopping consists
of filing multiple suits involving the same parties for the
same cause of action, either simultaneously or successively,
for the purpose of obtaining a favorable judgment. There is
forum shopping where there exist: (a) identity of parties, or
at least such parties as represent the same interests in both
actions; (b) identity of rights asserted and relief prayed for,
the relief being founded on the same facts; and (c) the
identity of the two preceding particulars is such that any
judgment rendered in the pending case, regardless of which
party is successful would amount to res judicata.
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AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:
The Cases
Id.
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Id.
Presiding Justice Cancio C. Garcia (now Associate Justice of the Supreme Court)
and Associate Justice Eloy R. Bello, Jr. (retired) concurring.
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CONSEQUENCE
OF
HER
RIGHTS
AS
CO-OWNER
OF
THE
OR
WITH
GRAVE
ABUSE
OF
DISCRETION
1.
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CAUSES OF ACTION.
2.
A.
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157 Atty. Raul S. Sison and his client arrived on time. When the case was
called for hearing, the Court found attached to the records a last minute
Motion to Cancel Hearing from Atty. Perpetuo M. Lotilla, Jr. The Court
C.
invited the attention of Atty. Sison on the said motion. Atty. Sison
WHETHER OR NOT THE INSTANT PETITION IS MOOT AND
ACADEMIC.
1. 1)the motion is in violation of the three-day notice rule;
D.
WHETHER
SHOPPING.
OR
NOT
PETITIONER
FORUM
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Rollo, pp. 386-387. The issue as to whether the petitioner engaged in forum
shopping refers to two cases covering the same subject (Re: Non-Suit), namely,
CA-G.R. CV No. 74075 and CA-G.R. SP No. 70610 which will be discussed
forthwith.
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158
records
of
this
case
showing
that
last
minute
property.
Id., at p. 393.
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The Court is constrained to sustain the objection to the Motion for
Postponement by Atty. Sison. The Court has also been quite liberal with
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the Motions for Postponement filed by Atty. Lotilla by granting the same.
The
resolution
Court
holds
that
somehow
the
practice
of
filing
several
on
the
pending
incident
of
Motion
for
Writ
of
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Regional Trial Court of San Pablo City are hereby REVERSED and SET
EXCESS
DISCRETION
further proceedings.
SO ORDERED.
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OF
JURISDICTION
AMOUNTING
OR
TO
WITH
LOSS
OF
GRAVE
ABUSE
JURISDICTION
OF
IN
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A.
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Id., at p. 397.
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160
B.
The
respondents
filed
their
Motion
for
Reconsideration, and based on the records before the
Court, this case is still pending in the CA.
II. Petition for Certiorari filed with the CA
On top of the foregoing appeal, the petitioner, four
months after filing her Notice of Appeal to the CA, or
on May 28, 2002, filed with the CA a Petition
for Certiorari under Rule 65, docketed as CA-G.R. SP
No. 70610 to annul the same RTC Orders that
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SUIT.
2.
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Presiding Justice Cancio C. Garcia (now Associate Justice of the Supreme Court)
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B.
WHETHER OR NOT THE COURT OF APPEALS GRAVELY
ERRED IN HOLDING THAT NO GRAVE ABUSE OF DISCRETION
WAS COMMITTED BY THE RTC AND THAT ORDINARY APPEAL IS
PETITIONERS
REMEDY
FROM
THE
DISMISSAL
OF
THE
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may, upon reasonable notice and upon such terms as are just, permit him
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or events which have happened since the date of the pleading sought to
be supplemented. The adverse party may plead thereto within ten (10)
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153777, April 15, 2005, 456 SCRA 366, 379; Aznar III v. Bernad,G.R. No. L-81190,
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Intermediate Appellate Court, G.R. No. L-72566, April 12, 1988, 159 SCRA 533,
543.
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Ibid.
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Id., at p. 380.
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Art. 1620. A co-owner of a thing may exercise the right of redemption in case the shares of all
the other co-owners or of any of them, are sold to a third person. If the price of the alienation
is grossly excessive, the redemptioner shall pay only a reasonable one.
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The foregoing article should be read in light of Article 1623 of the same Code:
Art. 1623. The right of legal pre-emption or redemption shall not be exercised except within
thirty days from the notice in writing by the prospective vendor, or by the vendor, as the case
may be. The deed of sale shall not be recorded in the Registry of Property, unless accompanied
by an affidavit of the vendor that he has given written notice thereof to all possible
redemptioners.
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CA Rollo, p. 159.
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Supra.
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that the appeal was not speedy enough, she points out
the fact that while the CA had just promul-
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Guaranteed Hotels, Inc. v. Baltao, G.R. No. 164338, January 17, 2005, 448
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the courts own motion, without prejudice to the right of the defendant to
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Appeals, 374 Phil. 95, 101; 315 SCRA 494, 499 (1999); Conti v. Court of
Appeals, 366 Phil. 956, 965; 307 SCRA 486, 495 (1999); Jaca v. Davao
Lumber, 198 Phil. 493, 517; 113 SCRA 107, 129 (1982); Co Chuan Seng v. Court of
Appeals, 213 Phil. 274, 279; 128 SCRA 308, 313 (1984); Philippine National
Railways v. Court of First Instance of Albay, No. L-46943, June 8, 1978, 83 SCRA
569; Rollo, pp. 511-513 G.R. No. 157745, citing, in addition, Republic v. Court of
Appeals, 357 Phil. 174; 296 SCRA 171(1998); Philippine Long Distance Telephone
Co. v. Genovea, 201 Phil. 862;116 SCRA 395 (1982); Rexwell Corporation v.
Canlas, 113 Phil. 854; 3 SCRA 875 (1961); Philippine Commercial and Industrial
Bank v. Escolin,155 Phil. 228; 56 SCRA 265 (1974).
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Suarez v. Villarama, G.R. No. 124512, June 27, 2006, 493 SCRA 74;Heirs of
the Late Flor Tungpalan v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 136207, June 21, 2005, 460
SCRA 392, 398; Ilasco, Jr. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 88983, December 14,
1993, 228 SCRA 413, 418.
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Perez-Rosario v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 140796, June 30, 2006,494 SCRA
66; Hanjin Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No.
165910, April 10, 2006, 487 SCRA 78; Land Bank of the Philippines v. Court of
Appeals, G.R. No. 129368, August 25, 2003, 409 SCRA 455.
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Perez-Rosario v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 140796, June 30, 2006,494 SCRA
66; Hanjin Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No.
165910, April 10, 2006, 487 SCRA 78; Land Bank of the Philippines v. Court of
Appeals, 456 Phil. 755, 785; 409 SCRA 455, 480 (2003).
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Id.
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