Manglona v. Kaipat

OPINION

DELA CRUZ, Chief Justice:

The defendants are challenging (1) a ruling of the Superior Court denying their motion for partial summary judgment, and (2) the final judgment quieting title in favor of plaintiff, Patricia Ann Perez Sablan ("Sablan"). At issue is the validity of a deed of gift executed by Dolores Rapaito, since deceased, in favor of the plaintiffs: Sabían, a person of Northern Marianas descent ("NMD") as defined in Article XII, Section 4 of the *326Northern Mariana Islands' Constitution, and Sabían's mother, Guadalupe P. Manglona ("Manglona"), who is not an NMD. In denying…