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Severino Gayapanao Vs. Intermediate Appellate Court

SEVERINO GAYAPANAO, TEODORO GAYAPANAO, LAURO GAYAPANAO, SALVADOR GAYAPANAO, RAYMUNDA GAYAPANAO-RAMOS, HEIRS OF ELEUTERIO GAYAPANAO and HEIRS OF ROBERTO GAYAPANAO, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and SIMEONA GAYAPANAO-NOVENARIO, respondents.

G.R. No. 68109 | 1991-07-17

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

In this Petition for Review on Certiorari, petitioners Severino Gayapanao and his siblings question the decision of the then Intermediate Appellate Court (IAC) 1 in AC-G.R. No. CV-59589 entitled "Severino Gayapanao, et al. vs. Simeona Gayapanao-Novenario" upholding the validity of the sale of two (2) hectares of the ten-hectare homestead land by their father in favor of their sister Simeona Gayapanao-Novenario.

Briefly, the facts of the case as found by the Appellate Court are as follows: 2

". . . the 2-hectare land subject of this case is part and parcel of a homestead lot registered in the name of...