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Cornelio Ruiz, Et Al. Vs. Numeriano G. Estenzo

CORNELIO, VALERIA, CARLOS, MANUELA, PANCHO, DOMINADOR and BESALUZ, all surnamed RUIZ, petitioners, vs. HON. NUMERIANO G. ESTENZO, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Leyte, Fifth Branch, Ormoc City; ERIBERTA ARLOS; CORAZON BUHION; ROSARIO VALENZONA; HEIRS OF JUAN VIACRUCIS, namely: Guillerma Vda. de Viacrucis, Edgar, Guia, Venancio, Fe, all surnamed Viacrucis; WINSTON CURY and MARCELO CARILLAS, respondents.

G.R. No. 50082 | 1990-06-04

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

Seeking to recover a 4,000-square meter parcel of land which was allegedly fraudulently and illegally claimed by private respondents, petitioners filed on June 8, 1978 a complaint for quieting of title and declaration of nullity of tax declarations with damages in the Court of First Instance of Leyte at Ormoc City (Civil Case No. 1714-O).

Private respondents Guillerma Vda. de Viacrucis, Fe Viacrucis and Winston Cury thereafter filed their answer to the complaint alleging, among other things, that the late Juan Viacrucis (Guillerma's husband) had no heirs by the names of Edgardo Viacrucis and Benjamin...