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Rosa Gicano, etal. Vs. Rosa Gegato, etal.

ROSA GICANO and NENITA GEOLLEGUE, petitioners, vs. ROSA GEGATO, RESURRECCION GEGATO and CATALINA GEGATO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-63575 | 1988-01-20

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

An action to recover an immovable from a defendant allegedly holding it under a constructive trust presribes in ten (10) years, counted from the issuance of title to said defendant: so we have ruled in a number of cases; 1 and so We rule in this case.

This case concerns a rather large tract of land, with an area of 225,322 square meters, situated in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental. The land, known as Lot 818, was originally owned, at least as far as this case is concerned, by two co-owners in equal shares: (1) Maximo Juanico, married to Rosa Gegato, and (2) Matilde Geolingo, married to Dionisio Mongcal. Their...