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Tero, Felix, et al. Vs. Santiago Tero, et al.

FELIX TERO, JOSE TERO, ARCADIA TERO, MARGARITO TERO and BONIFACIO TERO, petitioners, vs. SANTIAGO TERO and THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-55087 | 1984-07-31

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

The controversy in this case is between an uncle, respondent SANTIAGO Tero, and his nephews and niece, petitioners FELIX Tero, et al, the children of his brother SIMEON Tero. It would appear that the parents of SANTIAGO and SIMEON were FAUSTO Tero and Gabriela Pacaldo. The subject of the litigation is the ownership of a parcel of land of about 1.3610 hectares (hereinafter referred to as the PROPERTY) situated in Isabel (formerly Merida), Leyte. It is in this town that the Government has recently established the country's first and only copper smelter.

The contending parties are agreed that the...