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ESSO Standard Eastern Inc. vs Lim, 123 SCRA 464

ALFONSO LIM, plaintiff-appellant, vs. STANDARD VACUUM OIL COMPANY, defendant-appellee, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, intervenor-appellant.

G.R. Nos. L-29182-83G.R. Nos. L-29182-83 | 1983-07-25

D E C I S I O N 


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.: 

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of La Union in Civil Cases No. 1868 and No. 2162 declaring Esso Standard Eastern, Inc., now Petrophil Corporation, as the registered owner of the disputed property and ordering Alfonso Lim to vacate the land and pay rentals, attorney's fees, and costs. 

The subject matter of litigation in the above-mentioned cases is a parcel of urban land, with an approximate area of 20,000 square meters, valued at Two million Pesos more or less at the time the cases were filed, and located at Poro Point, San Fernando, La Union. 

The...