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Adjap Allama, Et Al. Vs. Republic Of The Phil.

ADJAP ALLAMA and HATIB SALI MAHADDI, petitioners, vs. THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 88226 | 1992-02-26

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This case was certified to us by the then Intermediate Appellate Court, now Court of Appeals, on the ground that the sole issue raised is a pure question of law.

The appellate court summarized the facts of the case as follows:

"This is an appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of Sulu ordering the reconstitution of Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-784, registered in the mass of Adjap Allama and Hativ Sali Mahaddi.

On March 20, 1980, they filed a verified petition for judicial reconstitution of
their transfer certificate of title under Republic Act No. 26. They alleged that both the...