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Apolonia Bautista, etal. Vs. Courto f Appeals, etal

APOLONIA BAUTISTA, substituted by her heirs, namely, TRINIDAD, CARMEN, SESINANDO, ARTEMIO, URSULA AND MARCIANA, all surnamed DE GUZMAN and MARCELO & MIGUEL both surnamed ELIGIO, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, SPOUSES SALUD SEBASTIAN AND NICANOR VICTORIA AND LOURDES, VIRGINIA, ALFREDO AND VALEN, all surnamed TANJUTCO, respondents.

G.R. No. 80006 | 1988-09-21

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

Pedro Gerardo and Cipriana Payongayong were well-to-do and socially prominent citizens of Hagonoy Bulacan. Pedro was a stenographer employed by the municipal government and was engaged in the business of manufacturing fireworks, while his wife Cipriana was engaged in the weaving industry and the business of buying and selling of clothing materials. They had two daughters, Maria and Ana.

Pedro acquired title to 162 hectares of fishbond located at Teracan, Macabebe, Pampanga while his wife Cipriana bought from one Esteban Paciola 31 hectares of fishpond in May-Hagonoy, Hagonoy. Upon the death of Pedro, the...