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Ciriaco Pacheco vs. Court of Appeals

CIRIACO PACHECO, ESTRELLA RAZO-REY and BENVENUTO ABITRIA, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, DANIEL HERNANDEZ and ANASTACIO RANESES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-48689 | 1987-08-31

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals dated April 19, 1978, which reversed the decision of the Court of First Instance of Sorsogon declaring the petitioners as the owners of the lands subject of this case. 1

The antecedent facts are as follows:

1. Emiliano Pacheco owned a parcel of unregistered land covered by Tax Declaration No. 12490, later changed to Tax Declaration No. 3420 and then to Tax Declaration No. 6704, with an area of 4,698 square meters, more or less. 2

2. In 1939, Emiliano Pacheco sold to Rafael Pacheco some 1,170 square meters of the said land,...