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SECOND DIVISION
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK,
Petitioner,
- versus -
THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF FRANCISCO
DE GUZMAN, represented b HIS HEIRS!
ROSALIA, ELEUTERIO, "OE, ERNESTO,
HARRISON, ALL SURNAMED DE
GUZMAN# $nd GINA DE GUZMAN,
Respondents.
G%R% N&% '()*+
Present:
CARPIO,J.,
Chairperson,
NACHURA,
PERALTA,
ABAD, and
PERE,!JJ.
Pro"u#$ated:
%une &', ()&)
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DECISION
NACHURA, J%!
Liti$ants s*ou#d not +e a##oed to i#e identia# "otions
repeated#/, speu#atin$ on t*e possi+#e*an$e o opinion o t*e ourt or
o its 0ud$es. 1&2 3e e"p*asi4e t*is prinip#e in t*e present ase
and
arn t*e parties to desist ro" t*e pratie o i#in$ severa# "otions
to dis"iss *i* a##e$e t*e sa"e
$round.
T*is is a petition or revie on certiorario Court o Appea#s 5CA6
Deision1(2dated Oto+er ((,
())7 and Reso#ution182dated Apri# &9, ())', *i* air"ed t*e
denia# o petitioners "otion to dis"iss.
Respondent ;ina de ;u4"an o+tained a P8)),))).)) #oan ro"
petitioner, P*i#ippine Nationa#
Ban
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3HERE>ORE, in vie o t*e ore$oin$, t*e otion to Dis"iss is
*ere+/
DENIED.
No urt*er otion to Dis"iss s*a## +e entertained +/ t*is Court.
Parties are
direted to proseute t*is ase it* dispat*.
?et t*e ross-ea"ination o p#ainti Rosa#ia de ;u4"an Po/aoan on
Nove"+er&', ()) at ':8) o#o< in t*e "ornin$.
?O ORDERED.1&'2
On Nove"+er , ()), t*e RTC denied petitioners "otion or
reonsideration.
Petitioner i#ed a petition or certiorariit* t*e CA, assai#in$
t*ese Orders. On Oto+er ((, ())7,
t*e CA denied t*e petition, ru#in$ in t*is ise:
3HERE>ORE, t*e instant petition is *ere+/ DENIED.
ACCORDIN;LF, t*e
assai#ed Orders o Bran* 7, Re$iona# Tria# Court o ?an Car#os
Cit/, Pan$asinan dated
9 Oto+er ()) and Nove"+er ()), respetive#/, are
A>>IRED.
?O ORDERED.1&@2
On Apri# &9, ())', t*e CA denied petitioners "otion or
reonsideration.1()2
Petitioner t*en i#ed t*is petition or revie on
certiorari,raisin$ t*e o##oin$ issues:T*e Court o Appea#s erred in
*o#din$ t*at an e#e"ent o res 0udiata, i.e., t*at t*e
disposition o t*e ase "ust +e a 0ud$"ent or order on t*e "erits
is a+sent in t*e ase.
T*e Court o Appea#s erred *en it ru#ed t*at res 0udiata *as not
set in so as to +ar t*e
i#in$ o t*e seond ase.
T*e Court o Appea#s erred in *o#din$ t*at t*e respondent *ad not
vio#ated t*e ru#e
a$ainst oru"-s*oppin$.1(&2
T*e petition *as no "erit.
T*e Court inds insuera+#e petitioners repeated i#in$ o otions to
Dis"iss raisin$ t*e sa"e
$round. In t*e t*ree previous otions to Dis"iss and in an
o"ni+us "otion or reonsideration,
petitioner ar$ued t*at t*e present ase as +arred +/ prior
0ud$"ent and t*at t*ere as oru"-s*oppin$.
Correspondin$#/, t*e issues *ad +een repetitive#/ passed upon
and reso#ved +/ t*e ourt a quo.
T*e "otions ere apparent#/ i#ed or no ot*er reason t*an to $ain
ti"e and $a"+#e on a possi+#e
*an$e o opinion o t*e ourt or t*e 0ud$e sittin$ on t*e ase. T*e
otions to Dis"iss ere i#ed in a
span o ive /ears, t*e irst one *avin$ +een i#ed on %une &,
())) and t*e #ast t*e su+0et
"otionon >e+ruar/ &, ()), t*ree /ears ater petitioner
i#ed its anser. In at, sine t*e irst
otion to Dis"iss, t*ree 0ud$es *ad a#read/ sat on t*e ase and
reso#ved t*e "otions. B/ i#in$ t*ese
"otions, petitioner *ad disrupted t*e ourts de#i+eration on t*e
"erits o t*e ase. T*is strate$/ annot
+e to#erated as it i## entai# inevita+#e de#a/ in t*e
disposition o t*e ase.
A#t*ou$* t*e $round stated in t*e seond otion to Dis"iss as
oru"-s*oppin$ and t*e
su+se=uent "otions in#uded ot*er $rounds, nonet*e#ess, a## o
t*ese "otions raised a si"i#ar ar$u"ent
Gt*at sine t*e dis"issa# in t*e irst ase is a#read/ ina# and
eeutor/ and t*ere is no reservation "ade
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