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Jose Berenguer Jr. Vs. Court of Appeals

JOSE BERENGUER, JR., petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, MAMERTO VENASQUEZ, MANUEL F. VENASQUEZ, BIENVENIDO C. ZABALA, CONRADO RIVERA and RUFINO RIVERA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-60287 | 1988-08-17

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

Whether or not agricultural tenancy exists between the petitioner and the private respondents is the principal issue in this petition for review of the decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the ruling of the Court of Agrarian Relations, Fifth Regional District, Branch II of Angeles City declaring the private respondents as agricultural tenants of the petitioner.

The pertinent facts as borne out by the records are as follows:

On September 23, 1976, an action to recover possession of the landholdings in question consisting of about 11.5 hectares situated in Batasan, Arayat, Pampanga was...