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Ernesto Zaldarriaga, et al. vs CA, et al.

ERNESTO ZALDARRIAGA, JESUS ZALDARRIAGA, JR. and GUADALUPE ZALDARRIAGA, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and BASILIA ZALDARRIAGA; ANTONIA ZALDARRIAGA on her behalf and on behalf of her minor children, namely, Edgardo Romeo, Jesus, Ronaldo, William, Miguel and Rebecca all surnamed Zaldarriaga; NIDA and JOSE all surnamed ZALDARRIAGA; JOSE, JR., ALICIA, PEDRO, MELBA, NELLY and ALFREDO, all surnamed ZALDARRIAGA, respondents.

G.R. No. 90215 | 1996-03-29

ROMERO, J.:


This is the sixth time that an issue or incident spawned by opposing claims of two sets of first cousins and, earlier, their respective mothers, over the Hacienda Escolastica in Mabini, Cadiz, Negros Occidental has been elevated to this Court for resolution. We resolve the instant petition for review on certiorari in the hope that, as one of them 1 says, "peace and tranquility to all parties" may at last be attained.

Hacienda Escolastica, consisting of Lots Nos. 936, 937, 940 and 941, originally covered by Transfer Certificates of Title Nos. T-6536, T-6537,T-6538 and T-6539, has an area of 228.54 hectares. It belonged to the...