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Cagayan de Oro City Asso., Inc. vs CA, et al.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY LANDLESS RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION INC. (COCLAI), Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro City, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and the NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY (NHA), respondents.

G.R. No. 106043 | 1996-03-04

HERMOSISIMA, JR., J.:


This is a petition to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeals, dated February 28, 1991, in C.A. G.R. SP No. 23080, which reversed the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Cagayan de Oro City, Branch 25, dated November 17, 1988.

The antecedent facts as found by the Court of Appeals are as follows:

The land subject of the dispute is Lot No. 1982 of Cad. 237 consisting of about 12.82 hectares located at Cagayan de Oro City. Said parcel of land was formerly a timberland identified as Block No. F, L.C. Project No. 8 of the Bureau of Forestry. On September 4, 1956, the Bureau of Forestry released the said land...