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Leoncia Francisco vs. Lamberto Magbitang, etal.

LEONCIA FRANCISCO, petitioner, vs. SPOUSES LAMBERTO B. MAGBITANG and NICETAS SANCHEZ, and COURT OF APPEALS. respondents.

G.R. No. L-48132 | 1989-05-15

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

The center of controversy in this petition for review on certiorari is the 470-square meter portion of Lot 113 of the cadastre of San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija. Petitioner seeks a reversal of the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 46909-R entitled "Leoncia Francisco, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lamberto Magbitang, et al., Defendants-Appellants" which reversed the decision of the trial court, Court of First Instance, in Civil Case No. 348, an action for recovery of a parcel of land which declared Leoncia Francisco as owner of the land in question.

The record shows that Lot 113 was originally part of a...