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Margarita Benito, Et Al. Vs. Samuel Enero 093 Phil 949

MARGARITA BENITO and JULIANA BENITO, petitioners, vs. SAMUEL ENERO, respondent.

G.R. No. L-5238 | 1953-10-22

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

This action was commenced in the Court of First Instance of Nueva Vizcaya to revindicate the land described in the complaint and recover damages. Defendant alleged as special defenses that he was the owner of the above-mentioned land in virtue of the conveyances mentioned in his answer. After the trial, the Honorable Jose R. de Venecia, Judge, handed down a judgment "declaring the plaintiffs absolute owners with the right to the possession of the land in question and condemning the defendant to restore" it to the plaintiffs. On appeal, the 5th Division of the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's...