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Marcelina Sapu-An, Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

MARCELINA SAPU-AN, ESTER ABIERA, FULGENCIO SOLAMILLO, ROGELIO ABIERA, CARMELITA ABIERA and ESLIE ABIERA, petitioners, vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, CALIXTO TINGCAY, EUFRONIA ENOFERIO, CASIMIRO TINGCAY, and GAUDENCIA ARAQUIN, respondents.

G.R. No. 91869 | 1992-10-19

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The subject of this dispute is a 786 sq. m. lot situated in Valencia, Negros Oriental. It has been occupied since the last World War by both the petitioners and the private respondents, who now mutually assert adverse claims of exclusive ownership over the property.

The petitioners built their house near the center of the lot while the private respondents built their house near the western boundary. Both parties made tax payments on the lot in the name of Alfonsa Ohoy and caused separate surveys to be made on the land.

The petitioners claim the land by virtue of separate sales made by the original owners,...