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Luciano Galace, Et Al. vs. Felicidad M. Bagtas, Et Al.120 Phil. 657

LUCIANO GALACE, CARMEN TERREN, CECILIA SINGSON, ET AL., petitioners, vs. FELICIDAD M. BAGTAS, EMMA M. BAGTAS, ET AL., and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-15400 | 1964-08-31

D E C I S I O N 


REGALA, J.: 

 This petition for certiorari is interposed to review and reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals affirming the judgment of the Court of First Instance in Civil Case No. 717. 

 Originally, in 1949, Jose V. Bagtas and his wife, Felicidad, brought an action in the Court of First Instance of Cagayan against Luciano Galace, Juan Singson and others, alleging that the latter were illegally occupying portions of their land, known as Hacienda Intal, in Santor, Baggao, Cagayan. The case was docketed as Civil Case No. 282. 

 The defendants denied the charge and contended that the...