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Silvestra Galarpe De Melgar vs. Adoracion Pagayon, Et Al.

SILVESTRA GALARPE DE MELGAR, petitioner, vs. ADORACION PAGAYON, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-22731 | 1967-11-15

D E C I S I O N 


FERNANDO, J.: 

In this petition for review and certiorari of a decision of respondent Court of Appeals, the pivotal question was succinctly summed up by its then Presiding Justice, now Justice Bengzon of this Court: "The facts thus presented bring us to the question of who has a better right to the disputed property. [Are they, the other respondents, hereinafter referred to as the Pagayons] whose predecessor-in-interest, Salvador Pagayon, acquired the land by purchase from Basilia Paccial, the registered owner? Or is it [petitioner now, then defendant-appellant] whose right thereto, if any, emanates from Eladio...