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Spouses Cuaño vs. Court Of Appeals

SPOUSES AMADEO CUANO and AURORA Y. CUANO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, RENATO CRISTOBAL, VIRGILIO DIEGO, RAMON AREOLA, PEDRO DIONICIO, TERESA ERILLA, LUCIA CUDIA, LUCILA HERNANDEZ, GLICERIA ERILLA, FRANCISCO CRISTOBAL, FELICISIMO CRISTOBAL, JACINTO CUDIA, EDDIE CAPINPIN, RICARDO CAPINPIN, ALFONSO ANTONIO, VENANCIO ANDAN, ANDRES SANTOS, BEN NICANOR, DANILO YANGA, CESAR DE GUZMAN, AURELIO SANTIAGO, FORTUNATO MENDIERE, BIENVENIDO PILI, ELOY DE GUZMAN, LUIS FRANCISCO, and SANTOS ESPIRITU, respondents.

G.R. No. 107159 | 1994-09-26

D E C I S I O N

FELICIANO, J.:

Amadeo and Aurora Cuaño ("Cuaño spouses") ask us to reverse a decision of the Court of Appeals which, affirming the judgment of the trial court, held that private respondents were tenants of the late Andres Cruz and accordingly eligible to exercise a right of redemption in respect of the land they were working on which was sold to petitioner Cuaño spouses.

In 1956, Andres Cruz acquired a parcel of land situated in Sapang, Jaen, Nueva Ecija with an area of 205,691 square meters, which was then planted to some 100 mango trees.

In 1958, Andres Cruz took in private respondents to work...