Facts:

• Plaintiffs-appellants: Leopoldo Vencilao, Mauro Renoblas, and others.
• Defendants-appellees: Teodoro Vano, Jose Reyes, Rosario Reyes, and others.
• Case initiated in the Court of First Instance of Bohol.
• Plaintiffs sought declaration of lawful ownership and possession of certain land parcels.
• Plaintiffs requested court to compel defendants to execute deeds of reconveyance.
• On June 21, 1966, defendants filed a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' appeal, citing Rule 50, Section 1(i) of the Rules of Court.
• Lower court previously dismissed the case for fifteen plaintiffs on grounds of res judicata.
• Court denied the motion to dismiss for remaining plaintiffs.
• Plaintiffs filed a motion to declare defendants in default, denied on August 25, 1965.
• Defendants filed their answer with affirmative defenses on September 20, 1965.
• Plaintiffs sought to disregard this answer, but their motion was denied on October 20, 1965.
• Plaintiffs appealed the trial court's orders regarding the dismissal of the fifteen plaintiffs and the denial of the motion to declare defendants in default.

Issue:

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Ruling:

• The appeal from the order dismissing the case concerning the fifteen plaintiffs is allowed to proceed.
• The appeal regarding the denial of the ...(Unlock)

Ratio:

• The Supreme Court determined that the order dismissing the case for the fifteen plaintiffs was a final order, making it appealable.
• The order denying the motion to declare the defendants in default was classifi...continue reading