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Crisostomo Sucaldito vs. Juan Montejo

CRISOSTOMO SUCALDITO AND THE HEIRS OF FELISA DE GUZMAN, petitioners, vs. THE HON. JUAN MONTEJO, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF DAVAO DEL SUR, BRANCH XX, BLAS B. LABAD AND PACIENCIA L. LABAD, respondents. Edgar D. Rabor for petitioners. Occena Law Office for private respondents.

G.R. No. 75080 | 1991-02-06

D E C I S I O N

PADILLA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to annul and set aside the resolutions of the RTC, Davao del Sur, Branch XX, dated 8 October 1984, 19 August 1985 and 14 May 1986, and to allow petitioners to repurchase the lots in question and vest upon them ownership thereof.

Petitioners Crisostomo Sucaldito and Felisa de Guzman, spouses, were grantees, by way of free patent, of two (2) parcels of public agricultural land identified as Lot No. 1, F-20-9368 with an area of 162,309 square meters and Lot No. 2, F-20-9368 with an area of 15,166 square meters. Both lots are situated in Barrio Ponpong, Municipality...