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Fortunato Borre, etal. Vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

FORTUNATO BORRE, ARTURO SANTOS, ALEJANDRO MANALANG, JOSE MANALANG, VIRGINIA SANTOS, VIRGILIO GALLARDO, FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ, GLORIA DE LA FUENTE, DIONISIO CASTANEDA, SR., YOLY ANG ESPINA, JACINTO MOLINA, BENIGNO MONDERO, SALUD VIRAY, DEMETRIO CHICA, CRISANTA BRILLANTES, MILAGROS GALLARDO, FERNANDO ABES, MODESTA GABEON, AMPARO GARA, RAMON GARA, RAMESES TAMOAN, FELIMON DORADO, FLORENTINA PERALTA, ADELAIDA ABAYGAR, MARINO ABAYGAR, FIDEL CAYANAN, ABDON SARMIENTO, ROSARIO SISON, LAURA LUMABI, and RUPERTO TORREFIEL, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, THE HONORABLE ARTEMON D. LUNA, and THE MANOTOK SERVICES, INCORPORATED, respondents.

G.R. No. L-57204 | 1988-03-14

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari seeks to set aside the Decision of respondent Court of Appeals, dated April 22, 1981 in CA-G.R. No. SP-12248 which affirmed the Orders dated February 9 and 23, 1981 of the Court of First Instance of Manila dismissing petitioner's appeal in Civil Case No. 126163, and its Resolution dated June l7, 1981, denying the petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

On August 29, 1979, petitioner filed a complaint against private respondent Manotok Services, Inc. to recover rentals paid by them. They alleged that the land leased to them by the company was actually public land,...