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Bailon vs Court of Appeals, 160 SCRA 738

DELIA BAILON-CASILAO, LUZ PAULINO-ANG, EMMA PAULINO-YBANEZ, NILDA PAULINO-TOLENTINO, and SABINA BAILON, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and CELESTINO AFABLE, respondents.

G.R. No. L-78178 | 1988-04-15

D E C I S I O N 


CORTES, J.: 

The fate of petitioners' claim over a parcel of land rests ultimately on a determination of whether or not said petitioners are chargeable with such laches as may effectively bar their present action. 

The petitioners herein filed a case for recovery of property and damages with notice of lis pendens on March 13, 1981 against the defendant and herein private respondent, Celestino Afable. The parcel of land involved in this case, with an area of 48,849 square meters, is covered by Original Certificate of Title No. 1771 issued on June 12, 1931, in the names of Rosalia, Gaudencio, Sabina, Bernabe,...