JUDICIAL ADMISSION:

     A judicial admission is an admission, verbal or written, made by a party in the course of the proceedings in the same case, which dispenses with the need for proof with respect to the matter or fact admitted.  It may be contradicted only by a showing that it was made through palpable mistake or that no such admission was made.  x x x  Under Section 4, Rule 129 of the Rules of Court, petitioners may not contradict this judicial admission unless they are able to show that it was made through palpable mistake or that no such admission was made. (HEIRS OF ANTONIO FERAREN ET AL. VS. COURT OF APPEALS & CECILIA TADIAR, G.R. NO. 159328, OCT. 5, 2011, PERALTA, J.).