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Nestor Lacsamana, et al. Vs. CA, et al.

NESTOR LACSAMANA, * EL DORADO PLANTATION, INC., LBJ DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and CONRAD C. LEVISTE, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, ESTER GAITOS ROBLES, LEON GAITOS ROBLES and DULCE CLARA ROBLES, respondents.

G.R. No. 121658 | 1998-03-27

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J:

This is a petition to review the decision of the Court of Appeals affirming that of the Regional Trial Court in an action by private respondents against petitioners for reconveyance and cancellation of certificates of title. 1

Leon Robles and his niece Amparo Robles were the registered co-owners in equal shares of Lot No. 13535, a 56,864-square meter piece of land situated in Bo. Inosloban, Lipa City, covered by OCT No. 0-363-R issued on 3 March 1965 by the local Register of Deeds. 2

On 26 April 1965 Amparo sold her one-half (½) undivided share to El Dorado Corporation (EL DORADO). Consequently,...