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Cresencia Almarza vs. Asuncion Arguelles, etal.

CRESENCIA ALMARZA, petitioner, vs. ASUNCION ARGUELLES, GILDA ARGUELLES, GIL PANCRUDO, BALBINA PANCRUDO and HON. JUDGE MIDPANTAO L. ADIL, respondents.

G.R. No. L-49250 | 1987-12-21

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

From the decision dated June 2, 1978 rendered by the then Court of First Instance of Iloilo, Branch II in Civil Case No. 11051 entitled, "Asuncion Arguelles, et al., Plaintiffs, versus Cresencia Almarza, Defendant", petitioner came directly to this Court on a lone question of law:

"May the possessor en concepto de dueno of a parcel of land, after the lapse of more than ten years from the issuance of a Torrens Certificate of Title to another person ask the latter to reconvey the land?"

It was established that Lot No. 5815 of the Cabatuan Cadastre, situated in the Barrio of Sulanga, Municipality of Cabatuan,...