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Tiongson, Cayetano, et al. Vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

SPOUSES CAYETANO and PATRICIA TIONGSON, SPOUSES EDWARD and PACITA GO, SPOUSES ROBERTO and MYRNA LAPERAL III, ELISA R. MANOTOK, SPOUSES IGNACIO and PACITA MANOTOK, SEVERINO MANOTOK, JR., SPOUSES FAUSTO and MILAGROS MANOTOK, ROSA R. MANOTOK, Minors MIGUEL A. B. SISON and MA. CRISTINA E. SISON, represented by their judicial guardian FILOMENA M. SISON, SPOUSES MAMERTO and PERPETUA M. BOCANEGRA, GEORGE M. BOCANEGRA, represented by his judicial guardian MAMERTO BOCANEGRA, SPOUSES FRANCISCO and FILOMENA SISON, JOSE CLEMENTE MANOTOK, SPOUSES JESUS and THELMA MANOTOK, Minors PHILIP MANOTOK, MARIA TERESA MANOTOK and RAMON SEVERINO MANOTOK, represented by their judicial guardian SEVERINO MANOTOK, JR., Minors JESUS JUDE MANOTOK, JR. and JOSE MARIA MANOTOK, represented by their judicial guardian JESUS MANOTOK, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and TEODORO S. MACAYA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-62626 | 1984-07-18

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

In this petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals declaring the existence of a landholder-tenant relationship and ordering the private respondent's reinstatement, the petitioners contend that the appellate court committed an error of law in:

1. Disregarding the findings of fact of the Court of Agrarian Relations which are supported by substantial evidence; and
2. Substituting the findings of fact of the Court of Agrarian Relations with its own findings.

Briefly, the facts of the case as found by the Court of Agrarian Relations, Seventh Regional District, Branch 1 at...