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Cipriano E. Samonte, etal vs Court of Appeals etal

CIPRIANO E. SAMONTE, FROILAN E. SAMONTE, LORENZO E. SAMONTE, TEODULA E. SAMONTE, CONSTANCIA E. SAMONTE, and the late MIGUEL SAMONTE as represented by his heirs REMEDIOS B. SAMONTE, NENITA E. SAMONTE, DIONICIO B. SAMONTE, and ANTONIO SAMONTE, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, BENILDA C. ACOSTA, and SALVADOR C. ACOSTA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-44841 | 1986-01-27

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MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

This Petition for Review on Certiorari seeks the reversal of the Decision of respondent Appellate Court in CA-G.R. No. 55914-R affirming that of the Trial Court and declaring private respondents the owners of the lands in suit.
The antecedents of the case follow:

1. In 1930, PLACIDA Espiritu was the owner of five (5) parcels of rice land situated in Dingras, Ilocos Norte.

2. Sometime during the last days of 1930, according to petitioners (Folio-8), or on September 7, 1931, according to private respondents (Exhibit "7"), those five parcels were transferred from PLACIDA to VICTORIA Mendoza...