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Mariano T. Lim, Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

MARIANO T. LIM, JAIME T. LIM, JOSE T. LIM, JOVITA T. LIM, ANACORITA T. LIM, ANTONIETTA T. LIM, RUBEN T. LIM, BENJAMIN T. LIM, ET AL., petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, LORENZO O. TAN and HERMOGENES O. TAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 55201 | 1994-02-03

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

This is a petition for review of the Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 51340-R entitled "Mariano T. Lim, et al., vs. Lorenzo O. Tan, et al., dated July 28, 1980. 1

The case involves the partition of the properties of the deceased spouses Tan Quico and Josefa Oraa. The former died on May 11, 1932 and the latter on August 6, 1932. Both died intestate. They left some ninety six (96) hectares of land located in the municipality of Guinobatan and Camalig Albay. 2

The late spouses were survived by four (4) children: Crescencia, Lorenzo, Hermogenes and Elias. Elias died on May 2, 1935 without issue....